TIRANA, March 20 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama and Minister of Finance and Economy Delina Ibrahimaj paid a supervisory visit today to two bakeries, for the basic prices.
It follows establishment of the newly established Board of Administration, for the measures taken to jointly face the impact of the war in Ukraine on consumer goods.
In a conversation with traders, the prime minister stressed that, “This is a difficult time for everyone, including you, despite the fact that there are wrong tendencies to put all the blame on producers, suppliers and traders.”
“What we can do is not to allow abuses as much as we can, while the prices are such that you do not get into trouble, but make a minimum profit that you need for this period. But, no one should use the opportunity to make even more profits than during normal times”, said Rama.
Therefore, the prime minister stressed that there are set up the boards for food and fuel.
“Fuel in the stock market has increased again because these are things that we cannot restrain and will be reflected in prices, but on the other hand we must be very solidarity not to benefit at the expense of people who have these as a basis,” he added.
Talking about fiscal facilities for small business, Rama said that, “It has no taxes and VAT”.
The prime minister stressed that, “No country in the region or in Europe has a small business with zero taxes.”
On her side, Minister Ibrahimaj requested that the bakeries put on display the prices and weight for each product.
“We have set up the Transparency and Price Monitoring Board and we mainly deal with basic products. One of them is flour, 90% of which is bought from bakeries. Through the board, we will make sure that all flour traders and producers bring it at the same price in every bakery so that the price is not transferred to the bread. Your electricity bill has not changed and you do not use fuel, so the whole issue is the price of flour”, said Ibrahimaj./a.a/p.s./
