More than 60 memoranda on reduction of trade allowances with retail chains signed in Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, local executive bodies signed memoranda with large retail chains on reducing the trade allowance to 10%, as of October 14 this year more than 60 memoranda were signed in the regions, the press service of the trade committee of the SIM of the Republic of Kazakhstan sauda_komiteti reported.

According to the chairman of the trade committee of the SIM of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kazanbayev, the signing of memoranda is an important stage in pricing. Now, within the framework of the memorandum, the trade allowance will be reduced to 15%, which will reduce prices for socially important food products in large retail chains of Kazakhstan.

Last week, Shymkent, Almaty, Kostanay, Aktobe, Atyrau, East Kazakhstan region, West Kazakhstan region, Abay, Turkestan regions signed memoranda with such large retail chains as "Magnum", "Small", "Anvar", "Astykzhan" and others. This week Astana, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan and Zhambyl regions signed memoranda.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a conference call to ensure food security and curb prices for socially important food products, where the issue of the need to conclude memoranda on maintaining a trade allowance of no more than 10% for socially important products was considered.

It should be noted that the trade committee of the SIM of the Republic of Kazakhstan operates public control to improve the accuracy of the analysis of data on the dynamics of price growth for basic food products. A call center has been created to accept requests from residents for high prices for products included in the list of NPM. Instagram Facebook, Sauda_komiteti and sauda_inform are also accepted through SIM accounts on social networks.