This edition of the Liberia Market Price Monitor1 provides insight into seasonal trends of price for the Liberian staple, rice, as well as possible effects of global price variations in May and June 2011.

Highlights

  • There is continuing upward trend in prices of imported rice in the domestic markets;
  • Imported rice outflow into neighbouring countries threatens to erode gains on domestic food availability and to further escalate domestic prices;
  • Increasing fuel prices and depreciation of the domestic currency against the US dollar is resulting to higher prices for staples and other commodities.
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