Jack, a shopkeeper in Chennai, buys some goods for Rs. $5650$ from Calcutta and spends Rs. $350$ on his traveling and transportations of the goods purchased. If in Chennai, he is able to sell all these goods for Rs. $5700$; find the loss suffered by Jack and express it as percent.

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