General Union of Traders and Craftsmen: “Social Entry devours 60 b DZD annually”
Official spokesman of the General Union for Traders and Craftsmen, Hadj Taher Boulanouar, called upon the Algerian government to develop a plan of action systematically in order to open investment in the sector of school equipment, which is witnessing a large deficit because, according to him, the local production covers less than 20%, meaning that 80% of these school supplies are imported.
This came during a press conference that was held on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Union Annaba (eastern Algeria), and which focused on the topic of school supplies ‘ market in Algeria, as representatives of traders of school supplies in the city partcipated in the event.
In a related context, Spokesman presented figures about this market, which is witnessing a significant recovery during each social entry, confirming that the total financial value that is spent during this period exceeds 60 b DZD, as 40% of the total value will be spent after the social entry.
“During the social entry, the Algerian citizen acquires nearly 10 million school bags, while the total number of brochures reaches about 200 million booklets, and more than 400 million pens. Algerian consumers should be careful while buying fake school materials, which percentage in Algerian markets reaches more than 50%, especially since some of them are carrying a known brand, but in fact they are fake, and flooded the Algerian market and boosted the spread of chaotic markets across the territory of the Algerian Wilayas.”