10/07/2020 - 1:20
Clarín.com
Economy
The national government
authorized increases
in some of the items reached by the
Maximum
Reference
Prices program
for mass consumer products.
The raises range between 2% and 6%, according to the regulations that appeared this Wednesday in the Official Gazette.
Through provision 14/2020, the Undersecretariat of Actions for the Defense of Consumers - dependent on the Ministry of Productive Development - published the
updates for 18 items
reached by Maximum Prices, which is valid until October 31 .
The
most pronounced rises
will be for yerba and wines, sparkling wines and 100% pure fruit juices.
These two categories could increase their prices by 6%, compared to the previous list.
Sunflower oils and wheat flours will have rises of up to 5%.
Pet food, rice and beans, personal care items and herbal teas will see increases of 4%.
The increases will be 3% for frozen foods, beverages, preserves, sausages and pickles, cleaning the home, kitchen and bazaar, papers and other flour, noodles, cookies and bread.
The
lowest variation
will be for sweets and sweeteners, milk and its derivatives, the rest of the oils, soups, broths, purees, dressings, condiments and snacks: it will reach 2%.
The Undersecretariat of Actions for the Defense of Consumers explained that, in its surveys, it
verified "changes in cost structures
that reasonably significantly affect the economic equation" of stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets.
The policy of Maximum Reference Prices was implemented on March 20, as part of the economic emergency measures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At that time, the government ordered prices to be rolled back to those in effect on March 6, for more than 2,000 mass consumer products.
Later, last July, the Undersecretariat authorized a first update of the reference values for 12 items included in the list.
The increases were between 4.5% and 2%.
Subsequently, in the month of August, the validity of the program was extended until October 31.
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