The government has adopted a decision to continue the "Limited Prices" campaign, which will include almost the same group of about 70 products as in the previous campaign, and whose prices will be 15 to 20 percent lower.
The campaign will begin eight days after the decision is published in the Official Gazette, and will last until March 1st of next year. The list of products will be published on the Government's website.
Compared to the previous campaign, the novelty is that it will also include pellet prices, which will be limited to 250 euros per cubic meter in wholesale and 270 euros in retail sales.
Deputy Prime Minister Nik Đeljošaj said at a press conference that the decision was preceded by meetings with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, manufacturers and traders, because they did not want to impose it, but rather to reach a mutual agreement.
He said that in terms of weight and packaging, the campaign will apply to 800 to 900 items in stores, which will be specially marked with information about the previous price.
Đeljošaj also said that the campaign does not include fruits and vegetables, because domestic producers stated that they are already uncompetitive and that lowering prices would jeopardize their business.
"All domestic products, what we have in food production, will be on sale," said Đeljošaj.
Minister of Agriculture Vladimir Joković said that the campaign also included limiting the price of pellets, as they now amount to 350 to 370 euros per cubic meter, which is significantly higher than in the region.
"Wood processors export 80 percent of the pellets they produce. If this measure results in there being no pellets for domestic consumers, we will make a decision to ban exports, so I urge them not to calculate. In recent months, there has been no increase in the price of any input in production, and the only reason for the increase in pellet prices is that it is the season and there is increased interest in what producers use," said Joković.
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