"On the introduction of maximum retail prices for socially important food products"
The ministries of trade, agriculture and national economy signed a joint order "on the introduction of maximum retail prices for socially important food products" during the state of Emergency in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Today, establishes maximum prices for the following products: 1)flour, 2) wheat bread, from flour of the first grade (tin), 3) horns (weight), 4) buckwheat (unground, weight), 5) rice polished (round weight), 6) beef (Chuck-brisket with bones), 7) egg , (category I),8), sunflower oil 9) salt (excluding "Extra").
According to the analysis of the demand for food products in Kazakhstan over the past month, these products are the most purchased. And they are the ones where prices have increased the most since the beginning of this year.
Prices are set separately for each region.
Thus, 1 kg of bread made from flour of the 1st grade in Nur-Sultan can cost a maximum of 150 tenge, in Almaty – 146 tenge, in Shymkent – 146. In the regions: Mangystau region – 164 tenge per kilogram of bread, Aktobe region-147, Atyrau region-164, Akmola region-160, Kostanay region-139, Kyzylorda region – 143, WKO – 160, East Kazakhstan region – 150, Pavlodar region – 161, North Kazakhstan region – 120, Almaty region – 144, Zhambyl region – 138, Turkestan region – 148. In the Karaganda region, the maximum prices are set depending on localities. There, the cost of 1 kg of bread will vary: from 142 to 160 tenge.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! THE PRICE IS SET FOR 1 KILOGRAM OF BREAD! However, in one loaf of bread (brick) – 550 grams. Thus, the cost of a loaf of bread (brick) will not exceed, for example, in Nur-Sultan – 82.5 tenge, in Almaty and Shymkent-80.3 tenge.
Exceeding the maximum allowable retail prices for socially important food products is punishable by a fine in the amount of 265 100 tenge to 530 200 tenge!
The Ministry of trade and integration together with BTS has also developed a web-platform "Commodity security during quarantine" (www.dosmart.kz). The platform allows you to monitor prices for 19 socially important food products online and see information about the number of balances of these goods in warehouses in each region. This makes it possible to ensure a timely interregional flow of food.
Data can be added to the platform by local Executive bodies, as well as manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. In addition, regular customers can also provide information about prices in stores. Until now, information from consumers about prices in the domestic market has been analyzed based on incoming calls to the hotline and messages to the telegram channel.
Thus, state authorities will be provided not only with online monitoring, but also with automatic analysis of prices and stocks for socially important goods.
We encourage everyone to use the new web platform "Product security during quarantine" as well www.dosmart.kz for creating a database for monitoring.
Press service of the Ministry of trade and integration
See the Appendix to the joint order (Maximum retail prices for socially important food products) below!
The rules for setting the maximum prices, a Joint Order of the Ministry of trade of Ukraine, the Ministry of agriculture and the Ministry of national economy, as well as an Appendix to the Order are available on the MIT website.
https://beta.egov.kz/memleket/entities/mti?lang=ru