A box of Pringles potato chips costs 28,000 liras.
A box of Pringles potatoes costs 28,000 Syrian pounds.
A kilo of potatoes in a bag costs 2,500 Syrian pounds, and from the farm for less.
This is the true meaning of the added value that the industry adds to the national economy. This is achieved by:
1. High operating profits for the factory.
2. Increased exportable production, a substitute for imports, and, with it, halting the drain on the dollar abroad and decreasing its price.
3. Employing farmers and the unemployed.
4. Providing income for a long chain of intermediate distribution links, starting from the farmer to the final consumer of the manufactured goods.
5. Increasing demand and consumption, stimulating the economic cycle.
Economic expert George Khazam
