The Council of Ministers has set the maximum allowable increase in prices for socially important goods

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February 24, MINSK / Corr. BELTA/. The Council of Ministers adopted Resolution No. 100 of February 23 "On temporary measures to stabilize prices for socially significant essential goods." The document was published today on , BelTA informs.

There are 62 positions in the list of socially significant goods. Among them are rice, FLOUR, semolina, buckwheat, oatmeal, barley, bread, beef, pork, chicken, some sausages, fish, MILK , kefir, sour cream, cottage cheese, some fruits and vegetables, SUGAR, soap, toilet paper, diapers, matches. There are 50 positions in the list of medicines.

Legal entities of all forms of ownership and individual entrepreneurs who produce, import, and sell socially important essential goods on the domestic market should not allow an increase in prices for these goods until February 28 compared to the prices in effect on February 24. In the absence of goods on this date - on the previous one (excluding price reductions during events aimed at promoting goods and attracting customers).

From March 1, the change in prices for socially important essential goods cannot exceed 0.2% per month to the price for these goods that prevailed on the last day of the previous month. If the product was not sold - to the price of the product of the same variety and packaging.

An increase in prices above the established limit is allowed only upon agreement with the Commission on State Regulation of Price Formation under the Council of Ministers.

The Ministries of Agriculture and Food, HEALTH, Belgospishcheprom, other republican government bodies and other state organizations subordinate to the government, regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee were instructed to take measures to implement the resolution and ensure supplies to retail facilities and pharmacies for the needs of the domestic market of products manufactured by subordinate organizations .

it is also necessary to take systematic measures to analyze and monitor prices along the entire chain of their formation, to issue local legal acts on the organization of work to stabilize prices with the establishment of a clear system for monitoring and evaluating the work of personnel.

MART and the Ministry of Health, if necessary, will adjust the assortment lists of goods and medicines that must be on sale.

The resolution was adopted to stabilize the price situation for socially significant essential goods and to saturate the consumer market with them. The document comes into force after its official publication.