The Government decided to extend the freezing of prices for some categories of products, reported on the Cabinet of Ministers on the meeting under the leadership of the Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov. .
It is expected that the maximum retail cost of sugar and sunflower oil will continue for two additional months – until the end of May. The current period of the restrictive measures is designed until April 1.
“In order to further preserve retail prices at an acceptable level for citizens, the decision made the decision to entrust the FAS, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry to conduct operational consultations with the business in order to extend agreements to reduce and maintain prices,” the report says.
earlier about the intention of the authorities to prolong the freezing of prices wrote RBC with reference to four sources familiar with the situation. To stimulate manufacturers to maintain selling prices at the same level, the state will begin to support them as subsidies. Whether retailers will be assisted, not specified.
For the first time, the limiting prices for sugar and sunflower oil were installed in December – after Russia has recorded a sharp rise in prices for them. Attention was paid to the situation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and the profile departments were instructed to take action.
As a result, the Government concluded an agreement with retail chains and manufacturers. According to his conditions, the limit retail price of a liter of sunflower oil is equal to 110 rubles, a kilogram of sugar – 46 rubles.