Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative June 2018
INTRODUCTION
The Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was launched by REACH in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and Cash and Market Working Group (CMWG) to support humanitarian actors with the objective of harmonizing price monitoring among all cash actors in Yemen. The JMMI incorporates information on market systems including price levels and supply chains. The basket of goods to be assessed comprises eight non-food items (NFIs), including fuel, water and hygiene products, reflecting the programmatic areas of the WASH Cluster.
METHODOLOGY
Data collection for the fourth round of the JMMI took place between the 27 June and 4 July 2018. Enumerators from 9 partner organisations collected data in 53 districts across 15 governorates, through Key Informant (KI) interviews. The sample of vendors was selected from markets of various sizes in both urban and rural areas. The data collected has been analysed in comparison with the price quotations recorded during the Multi-Agency Joint Cash Study in September 2017 and previous Weekly Price Monitoring Initiative, which began during the economic blockade of Yemen in November 2017.
Findings of this analysis will be presented in the form of both this factsheet and a supplementary dataset, published on a monthly basis.
KEY FINDINGS
PRICE MONITORING OVERVIEW
• At the time of data collection, the port of Al Hudaydah was still open and remained the main supplier for the north west of Yemen for fuel vendors, while Aden continued to supply vendors in the south west.
• Prices for petrol and diesel were higher among vendor KIs located in districts supplied by Al Hudaydah, than those supplied by Aden.
•Water trucking prices vary significantly through the governorates assessed, from 500 YER in the governorates of Amran and Al Hudaydah to 2,500 YER in the governorate of Aden.
• Cash is the major payment modality accepted by vendor KIs, while 16% of them also reported providing credit for some of their costumers.
SUPPLY OVERVIEW
• The governorates of Al Dhale’e and Hajjah have the highest recorded restocking times. Among all the products assessed, hygiene items usually have the highest restocking times.
• Fuel supply routes between Marib and the north west of the country appear to have halted, with none of the vendor KIs in this region reporting that they were currently receiving supplies from Marib.
• There was a significant increase in the number of vendors mentioning multiple constraints and challenges. In particular, the proportion of vendors citing a shortage of market demand almost doubled compared to May.
