Arman Shakkaliyev met with the public of the Kyzylorda region

First Vice Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Shakkaliyev paid a working visit to the Kyzylorda region. As part of the trip, the First Vice Minister hosted a reception of citizens at the youth resource center of the region, met with the public and visited a number of industrial facilities.

During the meeting, Arman Shakkaliyev spoke about the measures taken by the Government to stabilize prices for basic foodstuffs.

According to Arman Shakkaliev, the work of regional commissions to investigate intermediary schemes throughout the pricing chain has been strengthened, the main tasks of which are to identify and exclude unproductive intermediaries.

«Unproductive intermediaries will be identified through the ESF data with further detailed elaboration of the identified risks of violations with producers and sellers of Socially significant food products in the regions. The main focus will be on working with manufacturers and wholesalers, the reasons for the increase in product prices will be clarified, the current norms of trade legislation for market entities will be explained», - Arman Shakkaliyev said.

According to the First Vice-Minister, based on the appeals received from residents of the region, 49 outlets were checked, administrative measures were taken against 37 of them.

In order to stabilize prices for socially important food products in the republic, more than 130 memoranda have been signed with large trade objects to reduce the trade premium to 10%. This work is also being carried out in the Kyzylorda region, this memorandum was signed by large supermarkets such as: «Al-Asad», «Kyzylorda, Anwar», «Azhar City», «Raduga» and «Food Market».

At the same time, the region has concluded loan agreements with the Merken Sugar Factory in the amount of about 1083 million tenge under new financing mechanisms under revolving schemes.