Since the beginning of December this year, more than 250 agricultural fairs have been held in the regions of Kazakhstan, which were attended by about a million citizens.
These data were announced at a meeting on price stabilization for basic foodstuffs chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin. As noted by First Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Aizhan Bizhanova, fairs have shown high demand among the population, imported volumes of products are almost completely sold out.
"Most potatoes were sold in the Karaganda region – 110 tons, in Almaty – 90 tons, 45 tons of potatoes were sold in Shymkent over the holiday weekend," the first Vice Minister noted.
In parallel with the fairs, regional markets receive vegetables from stabilization funds. As announced by Vice Minister of Agriculture Yermek Kenzhekhanuly, as of December 19, 9.2 thousand tons of potatoes, 2.6 thousand tons of carrots, 2.8 thousand tons of onions and 2.1 thousand tons of cabbage were sold from the stabilization funds. The meeting also presented a timetable for the distribution of vegetables until May of this year, taking into account the needs of each region.
According to the results of last week, the average price growth index for social food products was 0.1%, and since the beginning of the year it has been 1.1%.
Following the meeting, Serik Zhumangarin instructed not to reduce the activity of fairs and strengthen control over compliance with trade legislation in order to prevent unjustified price increases on the eve of the New Year holidays.
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Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda/press/news/details/908193