The basic pricing conditions have not undergone significant changes, representatives of retail chains said at the meeting
The basic pricing conditions for socially significant products have not changed. This was announced at a meeting with the participation of First Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliev by representatives of large retail chains of the country, the correspondent of the Kapital business information center reports.kz with reference to the press service of the department.
«Representatives of retail and retail chains stated that there are no prerequisites for changing prices for socially significant products on their part today, since the basic pricing conditions have not undergone significant changes. Prices for socially significant salable goods will continue to be economically justified», - MTI reported.
The second issue of the meeting is the process of implementing the national catalog of goods (NCG). This is a single nomenclature of barcodes for each type of product. The NCG is necessary to ensure transparency and purity of data on the products of retail chains, optimize the processes of sending and aggregating reports for government agencies, automate the processes of entering and searching for new products for sellers, it will eliminate the irrational expenditure of resources for the formation and provision of reports.
Today, the NCG already contains data on more than 6.5 million unique products of various categories. Currently, the collection of the nomenclature of SSSG and weight goods according to a given format from retail chains is underway. The launch of the tubing in pilot mode is scheduled for May of this year.
The national catalog of goods is a reference directory containing information about the name of the product, a barcode, a description of the characteristics and properties of the product, manufacturers, supplier and other attributes. The catalog can include both consumer goods and industrial equipment and other goods and services.