The facts of overpricing of socially important goods were found in 44 shopping facilities in Grodno Region. The representatives of the State Control Committee and deputies of parliament shall carry out joint monitoring (on the instructions of the head of state). As practice shows, most violations were detected in the so-called convenience stores. Moreover, in some trade facilities, the prices for socially important goods were formed with a significant excess of the maximum allowable level of trade markup.
Today, an inspection was held in one of the major Brest trading networks. The monitoring showed that compared to last month, socially important goods here are not more expensive, and for some items, such as granulated sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, some kinds of baby food, the prices were even reduced. According to the decree of the government, the monthly increase in the cost of socially important goods should not exceed 0.2%.












