Measures of the East Kazakhstan region to stabilize prices for socially important food products
Currently , price containment for socially important food products is carried out through the use of the following mechanisms:
- providing a loan to business entities (revolving scheme).
- memoranda have been concluded on the application of a minimum 7% trade surcharge with 1,597 wholesale distributors, agricultural producers and retail facilities.
In the autumn of 2021, 1.404 billion tenge was allocated from the regional budget for the implementation of price stabilization mechanisms for socially significant food products. In 2021, within the framework of the "revolving scheme", preferential loans were provided to stabilize prices for potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, flour, rice, sugar, horns, buckwheat, sunflower oil, egg. Currently, within the framework of the "turnover scheme" (as of January 25 of this year), there are 4,595 tons of grocery products, including: sugar - 82 tons, horns - 152 tons, flour - 1,358 tons, rice - 97 tons, buckwheat groats - 1,237 tons, sunflower oil - 1,669 tons and fruit and vegetable products 8,455 tons.
Today, within the framework of the turnover scheme of Agrofirma Prirechnoye LLP, fruit and vegetable products (potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onions) are sold at reduced fixed prices at the points of the stabilization fund of the cities of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Semey. In the retail facilities of the specialized organization "JSC "SEC "Ertis" potatoes, cabbage and carrots are sold at prices - 82 tenge / kg. The product stocks correspond to the maximum volumes stipulated by the agreements on the implementation of price stabilization mechanisms. Potatoes will be sold until May 15, onions and carrots until May 1, cabbage until April 1, fruit and vegetable products are sold at 82 tg/kg. The products of the grocery group are sold on an ongoing basis. Also, at fixed prices, according to the contracts concluded with Semey Qus LLP, Krupnoff LLP, the supply of eggs of the 1st category 320 tenge / dozen to the retail network continues, followed by sale at retail outlets at 330 tenge / dozen.
In addition, this year it is planned to allocate wheat at a fixed price of 90 thousand tenge/ton for the regulatory impact on the domestic market to the milling enterprises of the region from JSC "NC "Food Corporation" by subsidizing the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the national company during the sale of food grain. Flour milling enterprises will release grade 1 flour to bakeries for baking social bread with further sale in the retail network at a price of 90 tenge per loaf.
At the same time, in order to stabilize the prices of wheat bread of the 1st grade, the Akimat of Ust-Kamenogorsk has reached agreements with bakeries of Eco-Agro LLP, Loaf Bakery LLP and Vostok Elite LLP on the sale of bread of the 1st grade at a minimum cost to the shopping facilities of the city, the final selling price is 95 tenge per loaf (0.5 kg) volume of 1400 rolls per day. Shakhan Ata LLP sells wheat bread of the 1st grade at 105 tenge per loaf, 1600 loaves are sold per day in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Glubokovsky district.
Prices in retail facilities are monitored on a regular basis, with the involvement of employees of local representative, executive bodies, the Agency Department of the Committee for the Protection and Development of Competition.
The issue of price stabilization is under constant control.
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