This led to gross discrepancies in salt prices, with salt costing up to 40 times more from one province to another. It is hardly surprising that in this context smuggling became a growth industry.
هذا الامر ادى الى تفاوتات في اسعار الملح ،‏ اذ صار ثمنه في بعض المقاطعات اعلى منه في مقاطعات اخرى بأربعين مرة .‏