It is said in the ancient well-known Levantine proverbs "A bumpy tomato takes away sorcery". I wish they knew that the "bumpy one" today costs 9 thousand pounds. 

And do not be surprised my dear citizen, for the luck of ugly things has reached the sky, meaning that the battered tomato has become a "hit" while the intact one is hard to find after a lot of searching between bananas and apples. As for the "mixed vegetables", it has become with bananas, onions and eggs. Because when you ask about the price of tomatoes, the seller jokingly tells you seriously: "I'll take some pounds from you and give you a kilo of bananas".  

And talking about the citizen's concerns does not mean marginalizing the farmer's joy, who it is fair to say at least "came out head to head" this season. At least securing a price commensurate with the "mixed vegetables" meal, especially since the tomato stock exchange price today is around 1500 pounds per piece.  

And the sellers' respect for the tomato came by placing it next to the fruits. The buyer asks about the latter’s price so the grocer starts with the tomato, and here everyone tries to accept the price after the answer. Imagine you have guests over and you put tomato slices next to oranges and apples. Of course we did not mention bananas because they are forbidden on the stomach and do not help in winter for colds.

As a result of inflation in Syria, the citizen is forced to delete some cooking “luxuries” starting with meat, nuts, but for the situation to reach the tomato, this does not bode well, especially since it may enter “fruit salads” recipes if prices continue to rise.  

And since “trade is wit”, in this case the subject requires Syria to enter trade “because today is its day” to bring joy to the Syrian citizen, which in turn will attract quantities from Tartous governorate and Baniyas city to inject quantities later and create competitive prices, which positively contributes to Lowering the price, according to statements by the director of the branch of the Syrian Trading Corporation in Damascus, Rana Jaloul.  

Tomato prices recorded a historic record high in its history, to record the highest price for it in Damascus, Tartus and Latakia at 10 thousand pounds, while it ranged in the rest of the governorates between 8,500 and 9,500 pounds.