Baghdad – IA
The Minister of Commerce, Atheer Al-Ghurairi, confirmed today, Thursday, that Iraq has fallen out of the list of countries that lead the increase and inflation in prices.
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Al-Ghurairi said in a joint press conference with the Minister of Trade and Industry in the Kurdistan Region, and followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the ration is secured for the strategic storage, and there is no need for citizens to worry about the rise in markets for the first time, as today Iraq has emerged from the list of countries that lead the increase.” “Inflation in prices has achieved food security and thus served our citizens over the past years.”
He added, “The rise in prices in Iraq is synchronized with the countries of the world, and there are measures that the ministry will take to limit this. There must also be real oversight, which is to ensure and protect the consumer. When they witnessed the rise in prices in flour, the private sector and bakeries decided to reduce the number of samons and bread in exchange for flour, and despite the The Ministry worked to provide flour and reduce its market prices, but the owners of private sector bakeries are still practicing greed.”
He continued, “There are comprehensive oversight measures in Baghdad as well as the region by changing the method of support and thus ensuring that the work is discreet and brings profit to the private sector and thus protects the consumer.”
He pointed out that “the current Ramadan basket has been added to it, like last year, four other items that the Ministry of Commerce recorded as being in greater demand during the month of Ramadan, which are (zero-starch flour and vermicelli pasta).”
He stressed that “there are no poor quality materials in the food basket, but rather from local origins in accordance with the approved specifications. As for imported rice, it is from reliable international origins and in accordance with the Iraqi specifications.”
