What measures have been taken to stabilize prices for NWF in Nursultan

In accordance with the instruction of the Head of State K.K. Tokayev, announced at the meeting of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 11.01.2022, in terms of restraining prices for socially important food products (hereinafter - NWPT), the Akimat of Nur-Sultan city held a number of events.

Since the beginning of the year, for the convenience of citizens, a hotline has been organized through the city service 109 on raising prices for essential food (a total of 5 appeals have been received since the beginning of the year). Mostly there are complaints about overstating the prices of bread in stores at home.

As a rapid response measures, explanatory work is being carried out with stores near the house to comply with the legislation in terms of compliance with the 15% trade mark-up for NWPT products.

The list of inspections of subjects of large and medium-sized businesses for the 1st half of 2022 for compliance with 15% of the trade mark-up on NWPT has been approved.

As soon as confirmed facts of price overstatement or price collusion are received, meetings of the commission to investigate intermediary schemes along the entire food pricing chain are held. Within the framework of this work, appropriate measures are being taken to monitor existing NWPT supply chains to identify unnecessary intermediary chains.

Currently, price containment for socially significant food products is carried out through the provision of a preferential loan to business entities (a revolving scheme).

Within the framework of the "revolving mechanism" for 2020-2021, Due to loans issued to producers, suppliers and retail facilities, prices for all 19 positions of socially significant food products in the total volume of more than 30 thousand tons were fixed.

Forward contracts have also been concluded with vegetable producers. As of today, these manufacturers are fulfilling their contractual obligations. The sale of vegetable products under the concluded forward contracts is carried out in large retail facilities of the city at the following prices: potatoes - 95 tg /kg, carrots - 88 tg/kg, cabbage - 84 tg/kg, onions - 85-89 tg/kg.

In addition, an agreement has been signed with a large manufacturer - "Chicken Ryaba". The products are sold in 40 large retail chains of the city: chicken egg at 430 tenge per dozen and chicken meat at 1100 tg/kg.

In general, more than 140 retail facilities ("Magnum", "Astykzhan", "Kenmart", "Vkusmart", "Akmol", "Anvar", "Ayan", "Shapagat" market, "Saryarka" and individual shops at home) are involved in the sale of goods at fixed prices within the framework of the revolving mechanism.

To stabilize the prices of social bread, flour is supplied to the capital's bakeries at reduced prices for baking social bread, which is sold at retail at a price of 90-95 tenge per loaf.

Also, to stabilize bread prices, a memorandum was signed with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and JSC NC Food Corporation on the allocation of 5 thousand tons of grain.

Year-round agricultural fairs are held in the Prigorodny residential area (Arnasay str., building 109) with the participation of producers of Akmola, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar regions.

In order to regulate and stabilize prices for the main socially significant types of products, the following measures will be continued to organize direct food supplies from domestic producers to large retail chains through a revolving mechanism.