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Joint Market Monitoring Initiative: January–June 2018 Trends Analysis Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
Key Findings
Exchange Rates
1 IOM (2018). DTM Libya IDP & Returnee Report Round 20: Mobility Tracking, May-June 2018. Available from http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-idp-and-returnee-report-20-may-june-2018.
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Contents
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. iii
Key Findings ................................................................................................................................................. iii
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1
Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Coverage....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Sampling ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Data collection ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Analysis .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Challenges .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Limitations ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exchange Rates ...................................................................................................................................10
Macroeconomic background ..............................................................................................................10 Exchange rates over time ...................................................................................................................... 11
Food Items ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Food Price Index over time .................................................................................................................. 14 Food item prices over time................................................................................................................... 18 Shortages ................................................................................................................................................... 23
Non-Food Items ................................................................................................................................. 25
NFI Price Index over time .................................................................................................................... 25 Non-food item prices over time ........................................................................................................ 29
Shortages ................................................................................................................................................... 30
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................32
Annex ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
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List of Figures, Tables and Maps
Figure 1: Exchange rates over time, 1 January 2016–1 July 2018 and 1 January 2018–1 July 2018 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 2: Median Food Price Index by region from January–June 2018 (normalized: January = 1.00) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 3: Food Price Index from January–June 2018 in selected locations (normalized: January = 1.00) ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Figure 4: Median prices of selected food items from January–June 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00) .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 5: Median prices of bread and wheat flour from January–August 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00) .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 6: Median NFI Price Index from January–June 2018 in selected locations (normalized: January = 1.00) ........................................................................................................................... 27 Figure 7: Median NFI Price Index by region from January–June 2018 (normalized: January = 1.00) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 8: Median prices of selected NFIs from January–June 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Table 1: Items monitored as part of the JMMI ........................................................................................... 4 Table 2: Libya Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) ............................................................................... 5 Table 3: Food Price Index per location ...................................................................................................... 15 Table 4: Food item prices ................................................................................................................................ 19 Table 5: NFI Price Index per location ........................................................................................................ 26 Table 6: NFI prices ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Table A1: Previous JMMI outputs .................................................................................................................. 33 Table A2: Coverage of the JMMI by month ............................................................................................ 34
Map 1: Coverage of the JMMI .......................................................................................................................... 2
Box 1: Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) ................................................................................................ 4 Box 2: Parallel exchange rates drive commodity prices .................................................................... 13 Box 3: How to read a price index ................................................................................................................. 16 Box 4: The ‘bread and flour crisis’ of 2018 .............................................................................................. 20 Box 5: Shortages of food items in Derna ................................................................................................ 23 Box 6: Why are hygiene item prices so variable across Libya? .................................................... 28
List of Acronyms
CBI Cash-based intervention CBL Central Bank of Libya CMWG Libya Cash & Markets
Working Group DRC Danish Refugee Council DTM Displacement Tracking Matrix EUR Euro IDP Internally displaced person IMF International Monetary Fund IOM International Organisation for
Migration ISCG Libya Inter-Sector
Coordination Group JMMI Joint Market Monitoring
Initiative
KI Key informant LPG Liquefied petroleum gas LYD Libyan dinar MEB Minimum Expenditure Basket NFI Non-food item NGO Non-governmental
organisation PSF Price Stability Fund USD US dollar WASH Water, sanitation, and
hygiene WFP World Food Programme
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Introduction
2 IOM (2018), DTM Libya IDP and Returnee Report – Round 19, March-April 2018, and DTM Libya Migrant Report – Round 19, April 2018, available from http://www.globaldtm.info/libya/.
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Coverage
Map 1: Coverage of the JMMI
3 Table A2 in the annex presents a more detailed breakdown of the JMMI’s coverage by month.
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Sampling
Data collection
Assessed Items
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Table 1: Items monitored as part of the JMMI
Food items Salt
Sugar
Wheat flour
Rice
Pasta
Couscous
Tomato paste
Chickpeas
Beans
Milk
Condensed milk
Vegetable oil
Green tea
Black tea
Canned tuna
Eggs
Chicken meat
Lamb meat
Bread
Tomatoes
Onions
Peppers
Potatoes
Hygiene items Handwashing soap
Laundry powder
Laundry detergent
Shampoo
Dishwashing liquid
Toothpaste
Toothbrush
Sanitary pads
Baby diapers
Others Cooking fuel (LPG) Bottled water
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Table 2: Libya Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB)
Key Elements: Food Items
Bread 38 kg Tomatoes 12 kg
Rice 12.5 kg Potatoes 14 kg
Pasta 11 kg Onions 8 kg
Couscous 6.5 kg Peppers 5 kg
Beans 7 kg Tomato paste 7 kg
Chicken 9 kg Black tea 2 kg
Tuna 4.5 kg Vegetable oil 6 L
Eggs 4.5 kg Sugar 2 kg
Milk 10 L Salt 1 kg
Key Elements: Non-Food Items
Bathing soap 1.5 kg (10 150-g bars)
Toothpaste 0.6 kg (6 100-g tubes)
Laundry detergent 1.5 L
Dishwashing liquid 1.5 L
Sanitary pads 4 packs of 10
Cooking fuel (LPG) 22 kg (2 11-kg cylinder refills)
Optional Elements
Water (drinking and domestic
use) 2,790 L
Median rent for a 3-room
shelter 1 month
Float4 20% of cost of Key Elements
4 The 20% float includes expenses on healthcare, education, utilities, transportation, and communications.
5 According to the 2017 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA), only 9.0% of Libyans across all assessed mantikas rent their shelters. This figure rose to 61.2% for IDPs. See REACH (2017), 2017 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment, available from http://bit.ly/2rJDFxX.
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Data Collection Tool
Analysis
6 The final optional element of the MEB, the median monthly cost to rent a three-room shelter in each assessed location, is currently not included in the JMMI due to differences in the methodology required to accurately assess rental costs. All MEB calculations in the JMMI currently cover only the key elements of the basket. When needed, rent estimates are sourced from post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and beneficiary screening datasets provided by CMWG partners.
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Challenges
Methodology:
7 Baby milk, lamb meat, and baby diapers were excluded from the calculation of the indices because their individual unit prices tend to be relatively high. These items would therefore substantially drive the overall indices and hence complicate the interpretation thereof. Laundry detergent, bottled water, and LPG, meanwhile, were excluded because all were added to the JMMI after the start of the project; thus, any price index that included these items would not be comparable to indices from previous months.
8 During the six months covered by this report, only one price index was left incomplete due to confirmed market shortages: the Food Price Index for Derna in June 2018.
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9 REACH & CMWG (2017). JMMI December 2017 Factsheet. Available from: http://bit.ly/2Duz1p9
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Limitations
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Macroeconomic background
10 Since 1986, the Libyan dinar has been pegged to the SDR (Special Drawing Right), which is an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Its value is determined by a basket of major currencies, including the US dollar.
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Exchange rates over time
Figure 1: Exchange rates over time, 1 January 2016–1 July 2018 and 1 January 2018–1 July 201811
11 Throughout this report, parallel market exchange rates have been retrieved from Ewan Libya, http://ewanlibya.ly/news/category.aspx?id=10. Official exchange rates have been retrieved from XE.com,
http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=LYD.
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12 Reuters (2018, 17 Jan). Libyan dinar climbs steeply against dollar on parallel market. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/libya-economy/libyan-dinar-climbs-steeply-against-dollar-on-parallel-market-idUSL8N1PC3RI.
13 Libyan Express (2018, 16 Apr). Libya credit cards and Turkish ATMs: A story that never ends. Retrieved from https://www.libyanexpress.com/libya-credit-cards-and-turkish-atms-a-story-that-never-ends.
14 Cousins, Michel. The Arab Weekly (2018, 4 Feb). What’s behind the surge of Libya’s bungee-jumping dinar? Retrieved from https://thearabweekly.com/whats-behind-surge-libyas-bungee-jumping-dinar.
15 Ibid.
16 Shennib, Ghaith et al. Bloomberg (2018, 22 Jan). Libyans Ditch Dollars as Oil Recovery Offers Economic Relief. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/as-oil-prices-bounce-back-so-does-libya-s-ailing-dinar.
17 Zaptia, Sami. Libya Herald (2018, Jan 26). Libyan dinar surges to 4.80 against the dollar – a black-market trader’s view. https://www.libyaherald.com/2018/01/26/libyan-dinar-surges-to-4-80-against-the-dollar-a-black-market-traders-view.
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18 Libya Cash & Markets Working Group (CMWG) & REACH (October 2017). Market Systems in Libya: Analysis of the Wheat Flour, Insulin, Tomato and Soap Supply Chains. http://bit.ly/2jjRTOE.
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Food Price Index over time
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Table 3: Food Price Index per location
Region City Median Food Price Index in June 2018
(LYD)
Change since January 201819
West Azzawya 94.51 n/a
Sabratha 94.19 4.0%
Zwara 92.75 n/a
Ghadamis 92.13 -13.1%
Al Aziziya 92.03 0.4%
Alkhums 89.63 n/a
Misrata 87.85 n/a
Ghiryan 86.50 -13.0%
Azzintan 84.22 -13.8%
Nalut 81.39 -12.9%
Zliten 80.40 -15.9%
Sirt 79.82 -8.7%
Bani Waleed 78.38 -12.2%
Tarhuna 77.88 -11.7%
Tripoli 76.61 -13.9%
Median – West 86.25 -6.8%
East Alkufra 101.31 -4.5%
Derna 96.3520 -3.2%
Albayda 89.50 -5.0%
Tobruk 88.26 -3.0%
Benghazi 87.04 1.8%
Almarj 85.94 -6.1%
Ejdabia 83.33 -4.6%
Median – East 88.65 -4.0%
South Algatroun 113.42 3.7%
Ghat 116.00 2.9%
Ubari 108.13 -7.4%
Murzuq 107.83 -9.4%
Brak 106.38 11.5%
Aljufra 97.63 n/a
Sebha 92.73 -5.7%
Median – South 105.71 -0.9%
Overall 89.41 -6.8%
19 Only includes locations with reference data from both January and June 2018.
20 Due to extensive market shortages, no Food Price Index could be calculated for Derna in June 2018. The May Food Price Index has been substituted here, and the change over time for Derna reflects the period from January to May.
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Figure 2: Median Food Price Index by region from January–June 2018 (normalized: January = 1.00)
21 In 2018, Ramadan in Libya lasted from 15 May to 15 June. All May data for the JMMI was collected between 1 and 8 May, this capturing the preparations for Ramadan; all June data was collected between 1 and 8 June and thus captured the holiday’s full impact on commodity prices.
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Figure 3: Food Price Index from January–June 2018 in selected locations (normalized: January = 1.00)
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Food item prices over time
22 Max Gallien (30 July 2018), “An economic malaise lies at the heart of Libya-Tunisia border standoff”,
available from https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/economic-malaise-heart-libya-tunisia-border-standoff-883226567.
23 For a deeper exploration of these dynamics, see Box 4, “Why are commodity prices higher in the south?”, in Libya Cash & Markets Working Group and REACH (2017), June–December 2017 Trends Analysis, available from http://bit.ly/2EU3rF2.
24 In 2016, Libya produced 2.17 million USD worth of potatoes for export, accounting for 50% of its overall exports of vegetable products, and imported 939,000 USD worth of potatoes in the same year, in both cases trading almost exclusively with Tunisia. This dynamic is unusual; while other agricultural products are exported, Libya in general imports far more food than it exports. 2016 economic data from UN Comtrade via the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Observatory of Economic Complexity (https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/lby/).
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Table 4: Food item prices
Item Unit Median price in June 2018 (LYD)
Change since January 201825
Condensed milk 200 mL 3.82 52.8%
Tomato paste 400 g 2.00 52.4%
Salt 1 kg 1.25 25.0%
Milk 1 L 5.00 25.0%
Wheat flour 1 kg 2.38 15.2%
Vegetable oil 1 L 4.13 10.0%
Beans 400 g 3.00 9.1%
Lamb meat 1 kg 41.00 7.9%
Rice 1 kg 3.50 0.0%
Chickpeas 400 g 3.00 0.0%
Black tea 250 g 7.00 0.0%
Bread 5 pieces 1.25 0.0%
Chicken 1 kg 12.50 –5.7%
Couscous 1 kg 3.75 –6.3%
Green tea 250 g 5.00 –9.1%
Pasta 500 g 1.50 –10.4%
Canned tuna 200 g 4.10 –14.8%
Eggs 30 eggs 12.00 –16.5%
Sugar 1 kg 4.00 –20.0%
Peppers 1 kg 4.25 –32.0%
Tomatoes 1 kg 2.00 –33.3%
Onions 1 kg 2.00 –33.3%
Potatoes 1 kg 2.00 –33.3%
25 Only includes locations with reference data from both January and June 2018.
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Figure 4: Median prices of selected food items from January–June 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00)
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26 Libya Cash & Markets Working Group (CMWG) & REACH (2017). Market Systems in Libya – Analysis of the Wheat Flour, Insulin, Tomato and Soap Supply Chains. Available from http://bit.ly/2jjRTOE.
27 Libya Herald (23 April 2015). “Bread and flour crises over, fake bakeries shut down: Economy Minister.”
Available from https://www.libyaherald.com/2015/04/23/bread-and-flour-crises-over-fake-bakeries-shut-down-economy-minister.
28 Libya Herald (30 May 2018). “Subsidised bread flour to be paid for through e-payments to counter 1,200
ghost bakeries.” Available from https://www.libyaherald.com/2018/05/30/subsidised-bread-flour-to-be-paid-for-through-e-payments-to-counter-1200-ghost-bakeries. For more on the phenomenon of ghost bakeries, see WFP, IRC, and FAO (June 2011), Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA): Report on the Wheat Flour and Tomato Market Systems, Eastern Libya, available from https://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp238808.pdf.
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Figure 5: Median prices of bread and wheat flour from January–August 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00)
29 Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfalli, Reuters, “Bread price hike sharpens economic pain for Libyans,”
available from https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-economy/bread-price-hike-sharpens-economic-pain-for-libyans-idUKKBN1K22P8.
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30 Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfalli, Reuters, “Bread price hike sharpens economic pain for Libyans,” available from https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-economy/bread-price-hike-sharpens-economic-pain-for-libyans-idUKKBN1K22P8.
31 REACH, Derna Rapid Situation Overview: Libya, 1 June 2018, available from http://bit.ly/2LdgVeo.
32 Ibid.
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33 REACH, Libya Joint Market Monitoring Initiative: 1–8 June 2018, available from http://bit.ly/2L6Fv50.
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Non-Food Items
NFI Price Index over time
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Table 5: NFI Price Index per location
Region City Median NFI Price
Index in June 2018 (LYD)
Change since January 201834
West Zliten 38.04 12.7%
Sabratha 37.20 25.0%
Al Aziziya 33.45 43.4%
Ghadamis 33.38 –2.9%
Tarhuna 33.38 1.0%
Ghiryan 32.25 0.3%
Azzawya 32.05 n/a
Zwara 30.62 n/a
Bani Waleed 29.58 –11.5%
Sirt 28.31 –7.2%
Nalut 26.83 –0.7%
Tripoli 26.53 –18.2%
Misrata 22.87 n/a
Azzintan 22.71 –14.6%
Alkhums 21.88 n/a
Median – West 29.13 –2.1%
East Derna 47.49 59.2%
Alkufra 42.68 –25.4%
Tobruk 37.92 9.0%
Almarj 34.58 1.4%
Albayda 30.94 –13.0%
Benghazi 26.00 –17.2%
Ejdabia 16.75 –56.5%
Median – East 32.55 –4.3%
South Ubari 47.63 4.6%
Murzuq 42.15 93.8%
Algatroun 35.42 8.0%
Sebha 34.31 –16.1%
Ghat 33.50 44.1%
Brak 26.55 –25.3%
Aljufra 25.11 n/a
Median – South 31.37 –0.2%
Overall 30.88 –4.7%
34 Only includes locations with reference data from January and June 2018.
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Figure 6: Median NFI Price Index from January–June 2018 in selected locations (normalized: January = 1.00)
35 Libya Cash & Markets Working Group & REACH (2017). Market Systems in Libya – Assessment of the Wheat Flour, Insulin, Tomato and Soap Supply Chains. Available from http://bit.ly/2jjRTOE.
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Figure 7: Median NFI Price Index by region from January–June 2018 (normalized: January = 1.00)
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Non-food item prices over time
Table 6: NFI prices
Item Unit Median price in June 2018 (LYD)
Change since January 201836
Handwashing soap 1 bar 2.00 49.5% Shampoo 250 mL 6.00 5.1% Toothbrush 1 brush 2.25 2.9% Laundry powder 1 kg 8.13 –2.5% Toothpaste 100 mL 5.75 –4.2% Baby diapers 30 diapers 21.00 –6.7% Sanitary pads 10 pads 4.00 –15.0% Dishwashing liquid 1 L 2.75 –33.3%
36 Only includes locations with reference data from both January and June 2018.
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Figure 8: Median prices of selected NFIs from January–June 2018 (normalised: January = 1.00)
Shortages
37 2016 economic data from UN Comtrade via the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Observatory of Economic Complexity (https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/lby/).
38 Sami Zaptia, Libya Herald (11 May 2018), “Fuel smugglers’ sites bombed by Air Force, petrol stations shut down as part of continuing anti–fuel smuggling drive,” available from https://www.libyaherald.com/2018/ 05/11/fuel-smugglers-sites-bombed-by-air-force-petrol-stations-shut-down-as-part-of-continuing-anti-fuel-smuggling-drive.
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39 See, for example, Max Gallien (30 July 2018), “An economic malaise lies at the heart of Libya-Tunisia border standoff”, available from https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/economic-malaise-heart-libya-tunisia-border-standoff-883226567, and Sami Zaptia (9 August 2018), “Libya’s anti-smuggling efforts of subsidised goods into Tunisia causing diplomatic tensions,” available from https://www.libyaherald.com/ 2018/08/09/libyas-anti-smuggling-efforts-of-subsidised-goods-into-tunisia-causing-diplomatic-tensions.
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Annex
Table A1: Previous JMMI outputs
Monthly Outputs: 2017
Factsheets Datasets
June 2017 June 2017
July 2017 July 2017
August 2017 August 2017
September 2017 September 2017
October 2017 October 2017
November 2017 November 2017
December 2017 December 2017
Monthly Outputs: 2018
Factsheets Datasets
January 2018 January 2018
February 2018 February 2018
March 2018 March 2018
April 2018 April 2018
May 2018 May 2018
June 2018 June 2018
July 2018 July 2018
August 2018 August 2018
Trend Analyses
June–December 2017
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Table A2: Coverage of the JMMI by month
Region District City Jan 2018
Feb 2018
Mar 2018
Apr 2018
May 2018
Jun 2018
West
Al Jabal Al Gharbi Azzintan
Ghiryan
Aljfara Al Aziziya
Almargeb Alkhums
Tarhuna
An Niqat Al Khums Zwara
Azzawya Azzawya
Sabratha
Misrata Bani Waleed
Misrata
Zliten
Nalut Ghadamis
Nalut
Sirt Sirt
Tripoli Tripoli Centre
Abusliem
Hai Alandalus
Suq Aljumaa
East
Al Jabal Al Akhdar Albayda
Alkufra Alkufra
Almarj Almarj
Al Wahat Ejdabia
Benghazi Benghazi
Butnan Tobruk
Derna Derna
South
Aljufra Aljufra
Ghat Ghat
Murzuq Algatroun
Murzuq
Sebha Sebha
Ubari Ubari
Wadi Ashshati Brak