With the start of the summer fruit season, and their prices rising more than insanely, "the citizen is in his last days", and fruits are living in a state of luxury, at a time when the scales have turned, fruits are buying citizens.

The prices of some types of fruits, including cherries, have reached 40,000 Syrian pounds, and as a matter of information, not a "joke", the salary of a public sector employee, which averages 300,000, buys 7.5 kilos of cherries, and he is the same person who has endless responsibilities and is forced to have a family, rent a house, and basic expenses.

Regarding the rise in their prices in this way, a member of the Committee of Traders and Exporters of Khasar and Fruits in Damascus, Muhammad Al-Akkad, explained to Al-Watan newspaper that the reason for the rise in prices is their export abroad and the increase in demand for them from the Gulf countries in addition to the increase in cost, and that seasonal production of summer fruits is very good.

Al-aqqad explained that our exports of vegetables and fruits increased by a good percentage over the previous period with the start of the summer fruit production season, explaining that between 15 and 20 refrigerators loaded with apricots, garnets, cherries and tomatoes go daily to the Gulf countries, and this number is likely to increase in the coming days, while during the period The previous one used to go with only about 5 refrigerators to the Gulf countries, but to Iraq there is no export of vegetables and fruits during the current period.

Since Syrian products of vegetables and fruits are always in demand in a number of countries, it is assumed that when we meet the needs of the foreign market, and here I do not know, it is more important for the government than the citizen, that prices decrease successively after that, and here the matter remains questionable, especially according to Al-Akkad’s words that their prices in Syria is much higher than in all Arab countries, so why do we export it? Is it logical for us to export it so that it is available in the foreign market at a much lower price than the country of origin, while the country’s citizens suffer from high prices?

Since it is the beginning of the summer season and the fruits are not ripe enough, some attribute the high prices to it. Does this mean that the citizens of the Gulf love green cherries ? Or apricots, for example ? There are always question marks that have no solution, no solution, and not even an answer.