Fuel-Driven Food Inflation
Rising fuel costs drive widespread food price increases and financial strain across Asia and Lebanon.
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Rising fuel prices are increasing costs for households and businesses across Vietnam, Lebanon and Bangladesh. In Vietnam, higher fuel costs have pushed up animal-feed prices and hog production expenses, leaving some farmers selling below cost and raising concerns about broader inflation. Lebanese families are struggling with the cost of transportation and heating, with some relying on gathered firewood as diesel becomes unaffordable. In Bangladesh, traders say a recent fuel-price increase has raised transport and production costs, contributing to higher prices for staples including flour, rice, eggs, milk, cooking oil, lentils and vegetables; consumers also worry that some businesses are using the increase to justify excessive markups.
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In Vietnam, one Son La pig farm raising about 10,000 pigs uses roughly 700 tonnes of feed each month; its owner estimated it was losing about $0.12–$0.15 on every kilogram of hogs sold, with live-hog prices below production costs.
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Lebanese father Hassan Abu Hmein, displaced from Dibbine, is gathering fallen branches to help heat his family’s home because diesel is unaffordable. Official prices listed a 20-liter can of diesel at 2.768 million Lebanese pounds on Sept. 18.
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In Dhaka, one shopper said a 900-gram packet of rice flour had risen from Tk 66 to Tk 70 within days. A retailer said newly procured goods cost Tk 2–3 more because of transport costs, while packaged flour had already climbed from Tk 70–75 per kilogram last month to Tk 80 before a further Tk 5 increase after the fuel adjustment.
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Lebanon’s rising fuel costs are also affecting bread prices: the country’s Ministry of Economy and Trade raised the price of bread, according to the article.
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