“Everybody sells” – a day in Lankaran bazaar… |
The central market of Lankaran is located in the middle of the city. About ten streets of the city intersect here. Dirty water flowing from private houses surrounding the bazaar flows near the bazaar. The stench spreads around.
Shopping is going on here in the dust and the stench. Nearby village An old woman selling agricultural products says that they have long been accustomed to such conditions: “I am a retired person. I came to earn 1-2 manats. Everyone at home is unemployed. Pension not enough All the women standing next to me are pensioners. Buyers often ask me, how do you tolerate the dirty water flowing here? I’ve been coming here for years, that’s what I’ve seen. Where is it yet! It’s worse in winter.”
I ask him the price of the products he sells, and he answers that prices it changes every time. He sells mainly local products: “In the open field village agricultural products are ripe. One kilogram of tomatoes costs 80 kopecks, and I will sell cucumbers at a low price, I bought them from the village. I grew the vegetables myself…”
“Everyone sells the same products”
The problem of our interlocutor is revealed, he says that no matter how affordable the price is, there are few buyers.
“The products I brought 20– I can sell 30 percent. You see, everyone sells the same products. It’s hot, the sun is beating down on us. I still have a shadow. We come before sunrise in the morning and return home at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.”The old woman ends the conversation here.
Goyshaban, who sells fish village resident Iqbal Hasanovaccording to him, it used to be possible to make a living from the market, but not now: “Expensive As it continues, the number of people coming to the market also decreases. Expensive It has broken our backs and it has become difficult to live. I bring and sell fish from Sari Island. No fish comes out of the sea. I buy and bring two or three fish a day. Bread money remains.”
Seller: “Profit has decreased”
There is a shop selling flour, grains and bran nearby. The seller reluctantly answers our questions: “You give and take, then they come and give us a headache. They don’t let us talk about our problems.”
No one wants to say their name in the market, everyone rushes away after talking about their problems.
A seller talking about a price increase usually says that they are to blame: “Who are we to raise the price! We sell what they give us. Let me say that the profit has decreased. I had an assistant with me. I removed it because the gain decreased. The problem is rising prices. All compared to last year prices It has increased by 50-60 percent. There is such a product 100 percent has increased in price. 50 kilograms at this time last year flour one bag was 23-25 manats, now it is 39 manats. People who live in the mountains usually buy flour in bags. In them bread there is no shop. Everyone bakes bread in the oven at home. Winter lasts four to five months. They used to buy four or five bags, now they buy two bags. They can’t buy. 20– one kilogram of bran costs 7 manats and 50 kopecks. Last week, one kilogram of wheat was 70 kopecks, this week it was 75 kopecks. Goods do not come from warehouses. They are expecting a price increase.”
“It’s poverty, everyone runs to the market”
A buyer, who listens carefully to him, joins the conversation and says that the situation will worsen if the price increase is not stopped. He shows the products he bought: “I bought this box of apricots last week for 90 kopecks, now I bought it for 1 manat 5 kopecks. Usually, agricultural products are cheap at this time of the year. Tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, onion we bought three to four kilograms for 1 manat. Now one kilogram of these products costs 1 manat. A kilogram of fruit costs 80 kopecks. Fruits are also expensive, you can’t get close. Everything has become more expensive.”
Nearby, a middle-aged man selling garlic complains that there are too many sellers in the market: “Everyone is selling. It’s poverty, everyone runs to the market, maybe they sold something. Factory no, no factory. There is no work. I haven’t been able to sell a kilo of garlic since morning. Local garlic is out, one kilogram costs 3 manats, and there is also 2 manats. I have been sitting here since morning, but I have no profit. If there is work, I will go and work.”
“The Russian ruble is very profitable”
In the market, it seems that only one money changer is satisfied with the situation. He says that it is the Russian ruble that is reviving the market: “The Russian ruble comes in a lot. There are many people from Lankaran living in Russia. They come to rest and bring rubles with them. I exchange Russian rubles for maybe 30-40 people a day. More from Russia dollars they don’t bring Russian ruble is cheap in Russia, relatively expensive here, the price changes every time. That’s why we don’t buy a lot of Russian rubles. Confidence there is no Currently 10We buy 00 Russian rubles for 27 manats and 50 kopecks. Maybe the price will change after an hour.”
In this way, we reach the nearby bus stop after talking with the people in the market. Everyone here is expensive and poor complaint does.
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