A number of socially significant products became cheaper last week

According to the Bureau of National Statistics, for the week from August 26 to September 2, 2026, the price index for socially significant food products remained stable for a number of items. At the end of the past week, the price index was stable for pasta horns, chicken meat, sour cream, kefir, cucumbers, and sugar.

Price decreases were noted for 6 items. In particular, onions became cheaper by 7.2%, carrots — by 4.6%, potatoes — by 3.2%, cabbage — by 3.1%, apples — by 1.0%, sunflower oil — by 0.1%.

A slight increase in prices was recorded for 19 goods. The highest dynamics were noted for tomatoes — 2.8%. Salt prices increased by 0.9%, buckwheat and eggs — by 0.7%, hard and semi-hard cheeses and cottage cheese — by 0.6%. Prices for horsemeat, including boneless, and minced meat increased by 0.5%, rice and black tea — by 0.3%. The price increase for bread, lamb, including boneless, and fish amounted to 0.2%, for flour, beef with bones and boneless, whole chicken, milk, and butter — 0.1%.

In Aktobe, Akmola, Kyzylorda, West Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan regions, Abai and Zhambyl regions, as well as in the cities of Astana and Almaty, the price index remained at 100.0% at the end of the week. A decrease in the price index was noted in four regions: Ulytau region by 0.3%, Kostanay region by 0.2%, Karaganda and Mangystau regions by 0.1%.

To stabilize prices for socially significant food products, the Trade Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan carries out intersectoral coordination. In general, the Government is taking systemic measures to ensure price stability, including monitoring compliance with legislative requirements and measures to saturate the domestic market.

Regional commissions for investigating intermediary schemes in pricing chains continue work to identify unproductive intermediaries. Since the beginning of 2026, 726 meetings have been held in the regions, 2,881 violations have been identified, and 2,695 administrative protocols have been drawn up. As a result of the work, 186 unproductive intermediaries have been excluded from supply chains. For comparison, 1,179 meetings were held in the entire year of 2025.

Territorial departments carry out state control over compliance with the 15% trade markup on socially significant food products. Since the beginning of the year, 3,155 administrative rulings have been issued for exceeding the established trade markup. In 2021, there were 34 such rulings, in 2022 — 310, in 2023 — 760, in 2024 — 1,554, in 2025 — 2,796.

Analysis of electronic invoices is also being conducted. Since the beginning of the year, more than 36,664 supply chains have been analyzed, with risks of violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan identified in 5,391 of them. In 2025, 11.2 thousand chains were analyzed, of which risks of legislative violations were identified in 1.1 thousand.