BEIRUT, Apr 12 (NNN-NNA) – More bakeries in southern Lebanon will suspend their businesses today, amid shortages of flour, the head of the Bakery Owners Syndicate, in South Lebanon, said yesterday.
“A big number of bakeries stopped working today (yesterday), and many more will follow suit tomorrow (today), as they no longer have flour and are therefore unable to secure the citizens’ need for bread,” Zakaria Al-Arabi al-Qudsi was quoted as saying, by Elnashra news website.
The Lebanese economy minister announced last month that, the Ukraine-Russia conflict affected the country’s access to wheat, saying, he has been trying to secure other sources of the commodity, but has to wait for funds from the central bank.
Lebanon has been suffering from an unprecedented financial crisis, amid a shortage of U.S. dollars that hinders the country’s ability to import its basic food needs.
The crisis was further exacerbated by the Ukraine-Russia conflict, as Lebanon imports the bulk of its wheat from the two countries, bordering the Black Sea.– NNN-NNA