Adjust prices for socially significant products in Russia, according to the example of the United States and Canada, proposed the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert in the fields of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, reports RBC.
According to him, you need to support either manufacturers or segments of the population that require support.
“If the state regulates the market, then we go along Canada’s path, where partial regulation goes to grain, dairy products, eggs and poultry products,” said Dunkvert.
Also in order to regulate the situation with prices for socially significant products, American methods are applicable, “When they keep, then there are certain types of products,” he noted.
According to him, the intervention fund for grain is already in the Russian Federation. Similar structures can also be provided for other products, Dancvert explained.
In May, President Vladimir Putin announced the exacerbation of the situation with prices in Russia for socially significant products. According to him, this happens “against the background of an unstable world environment.” The authorities began to regulate the prices of some categories of goods since December 2020. In particular, we are talking about sugar and sunflower oil. In the case of sugar, the Ministry of Agriculture offered the government to create a state intervention of sugar volume of up to 500 thousand tons, which is about the monthly norm of this product in the country. The state of sale will be implemented if necessary when it is necessary to align its price on the market.
The possibility of returning to interventions to regulate prices for a number of goods spoke earlier and first Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov.