The state action "Limited prices" has been successful and through it almost all the products that are covered have been discounted, and in mid-May we will summarize the measures, in order to reach a solution to continue it during the summer.
This was announced by the Minister of Economic Development, Nik Đeljošaj, at a press conference after the Government session. The government has limited margins for more than 500 items with the aim of reducing inflationary pressure on citizens. These measures will be applied for two months, from the end of March to the end of May.
Đeljošaj stated that the included products are on average cheaper by about 20 percent and that their focus is also on domestic products, because they want to support businessmen who do business in Montenegro. He stated that he will reveal more about this and the extension at the end of May.
Asked about the session of the Social Council and the abolition of the non-working Sunday, Đeljošaj explained that he expects a solution to this issue by the beginning of the summer tourist season. He stated that he had a meeting with the partners in the Social Council last week regarding the organization of this meeting and that he expects to have a proposal or an idea already this weekend.
He stated that they do not want to turn that body into one that will make decisions, from which political parties will profit and gain political points. He claims that he wants them to find a solution that will have broad support and that he believes that he supports workers working the days they want.
He stated that they receive a large number of letters from workers who want to work on Sundays, for higher daily wages.
The state action extended the previous validity of margin restrictions in wholesale trade to five percent and in retail trade to seven percent for wheat flour type 400, wheat flour type 500, crystal sugar, edible sunflower oil (regardless of the type of packaging) and table salt in one kilogram package.
In wholesale and retail stores, the maximum margin amount of 10 percent is for: domestic white cheese (bulk), domestically produced yogurt in a one-liter package, fresh potatoes (no weight limit), milk in a one-liter package with 2,8 percent milk fat and without cap, whole chicken and boneless pork neck (no weight limit), long grain white rice in a bag in packages from 800 grams to one kilogram, white flour pasta in packages from 350 to 400 grams , frozen peas in packages of up to 500 grams and table margarine of 250 grams.
This group also includes meat products only domestically produced in bulk or without weight restrictions - tea sausage, pressed ham, chicken breast, sudjuk, beef tea sausage, chicken hot dogs and dry pork bacon. The same rules on reducing margins apply to a 200-gram can of tuna pieces without additives in oil, chicken pate without additives of 100 grams, plum jam and marmalade in packages of 500 grams up to one kilogram, canned beef stew up to 500 grams, mild ketchup in packages of 300 to 500 grams, fresh trout without weight limit, sardines in vegetable oil without additives in packages of up to 200 grams, juice syrup for dilution of one liter, semi-hard block cheese ("edamer", "gouda") in bulk .
For the group of products for maintaining hygiene, margins in wholesale stores are limited to 10 percent, and for retailers to 15 percent. This group includes solid baby soap in a package of up to 100 grams, "economy" baby diapers in a package of 40 plus pieces, baby shampoo in a package of 200 to 500 milliliters, fruit porridge for babies in a jar of up to 130 grams, baby bath in a pack of 200 to 500 milliliters, shampoo for adults of one liter, bath for adults of 250 milliliters, toothpaste of 125 milliliters, three-ply toilet paper in a pack of 10 pieces, washing powder detergent in a pack of three kilograms and sanitary napkins standard of ten pieces.
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