The cancellation of the one-time tax, following the directive of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, went into effect on Tuesday, but as of yesterday - we still do not see the effect of its cancellation on prices.
The suppliers claim that the branches still have inventory on which tax has been paid, and blame the state for this.
It is also claimed that despite this they have already started lowering the prices, and that they are expected to drop gradually and return to the previous situation.
According to Rami Sher Shalom, CEO of the Paamit Group, "The previous government imposed the tax on inventory all at once, which created an immediate change in the market, and as a result they had to raise prices in the entire market.
Now the tax was not returned to those who had stock left.
It's an ongoing process until the prices are lowered and new stock arrives.
There are items for which it will take weeks, and some for which it will take months."
The suppliers absorb
Another supplier says: "When they decided on the customs, they did a stock count, including in the warehouses, and they took customs from us at the same time they raised the tax. Disposable tools are an import, it's not from now to now, it takes a month just to bring it. The main import is from China, and some is imported From Turkey. Just as we were told to pay customs duty, they should have said that there is now a stock count and that they would pay us back the customs duty - then the price would have dropped to the consumer immediately."
On the other hand, a source in the Treasury says that the announcement of the intention to cancel the tax was already made a month ago, and that the suppliers had time to prepare.
He also says that on Tuesday at midnight the tax was canceled, and that in the coming weeks it will be possible to finish the inventory and connect to the rest of the market, which has already lowered prices.
Rami Levy branch in Shaar Zion, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Shalom Naaman, CEO and owner of the market warehouses: "The price of the disposable dishes consists of cost price, tax and margin.
The tax was cancelled, and on the other hand the inventory consists of an old tax that we paid in advance.
We will arrive at the price without tax according to the depreciation in the inventory."
Rami Levy, owner of Rami Levy Sycamore Marketing: "We lowered the prices last Wednesday, and some were already lowered on Tuesday. We lowered almost everything, even though we paid tariffs on the one-time. We absorb it to be good to our consumers."
Which networks were downloaded?
We checked through the website "Pricez" in which places the prices of the disposable products were reduced, and in which they were not.
The prices were compared yesterday to the prices two weeks ago.
In the Osher Aad chain, for example, they lowered the prices of spoons and forks 100 units from NIS 6.90 to NIS 4.90, a reduction of about 29%.
The price of 100 plates decreased from NIS 37.90 to NIS 21.90, a reduction of about 42%.
In Shufersal Deal, the price of spoons dropped from NIS 14.90 to NIS 11.18, a reduction of about 25%.
The price of 50 plates remains as it is, 17.90 shekels.
The price of the cream-colored forks dropped from NIS 14.90 to NIS 11.18, a reduction of about 25%.
In the Victory chain, the price of 50-unit plates remains NIS 15.90, as it was.
The spoons 100 units were on sale - NIS 8 instead of NIS 9.90, a discount of about 19.5%.
In the Yohannoff chain, the price of 100 spoons remains NIS 9.90, as it was.
The price of the large plates 50 units remains NIS 12.90, and the price of the Palace forks 100 units dropped from NIS 16.90 to NIS 15, a reduction of about 11.5%.
In the Beitan Wines chain, it seems that the prices remain as they were: the price of spoons 100 units remains NIS 12.90, the price of forks 100 units remains NIS 12.90, and the price of the large plates from the "Harbor" brand 50 units remains NIS 15.90.
In the Rami Levy chain, the price of plates from the "Best Value" brand, 50 units, dropped from NIS 14.90 to NIS 11.90, a reduction of about 20%.
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