Haiti Price Bulletin, September 2023 – Haiti

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NETcountry and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing usersto compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.

Rice, black beans, maize, and cooking oil are among the most importantfood items for poor and middle income households in Haiti. Roots andtubers are also important, but not currently monitored. All cooking oil isimported and rice imports account for about 80 percent of national needs.Large quantities of beans and maize are also imported, but over half of thenational needs are domestically produced. Rice is consumed by even thepoorest households, and imported rice is generally cheaper than locallyproduced rice. Croix de Bossales is the largest market in the country and islocated in Port au Prince, where one-third of the country’s population lives.Hinche, in the center of the country, is located in one of the most vulnerableareas. Jeremie is the farthest market from Port au Prince and Jacmel islocated in the Southeast department, a department particularly exposed tocyclones and known for having the highest rates of malnutrition in the country.