Supply Ministry prepares list of food commodities with indicative prices

Abdel Moneim Khalil, Head of the Control Sector at the Ministry of Supply and said that a list of food commodities is currently being prepared, which will be included under the list of strategic commodities, which was announced by Ali Al-Moselhi, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade on Saturday.

The Minister of Supply and Internal Trade had announced that a higher committee would be formed, composed of the Federation of Industries and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Consumer Protection, to set a fair price for strategic and basic commodities, which would number approximately 10 to 15 strategic and basic commodities.

Al-Moselhi indicated that there is no compulsory pricing for commodities, but rather a fair price will be set for them according to the cost of production and their inputs.

Khalil added that among those commodities so far are sugar, rice, oils, pasta, jam, flour, vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry, and fish.