Prices for essential goods stabilize in Kazakhstan

Source: https://www.zakon.kz/5039870-tseny-na-znachimye-tovary-v-kazahstane.html

Prices for socially important goods are stabilizing, the Minister of trade and integration of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov said, the correspondent reports zakon.kz.

 

We estimate that the growth in prices for socially important food products will stabilize and will not exceed 6% by the end of the year. This assessment takes into account all existing factors and the above-mentioned measures taken by the state to stabilize prices. The main factors of price stabilization are: the ongoing systematic work on the development of civilized retail and retail infrastructure, financing of the turnover scheme, strengthening monitoring and coordination of work within the framework of the adopted Roadmap of short - and medium - term measures to curb prices for socially important food products ( ... ), " Bakhyt Sultanov said at a government meeting.

According to him, to monitor prices for socially important goods online, territorial divisions of the Ministry and akimats use the system dosmart.kz. It allows you to collect up-to-date data from individuals, including photos of receipts for processing by ML technologies and receiving cashback in the amount of 1%, as well as monitor prices and availability of products in stores.

 

Currently, as part of price stabilization, the Ministry is providing access to long-term financing for the modernization of non-stationary trading markets and purchasing trading equipment. Development of a set of measures for the development of e-Commerce. In addition, work is underway to create a national commodity distribution system, " the head of the Ministry of trade added.