Main Department of Trade and Services: the situation on the consumer market of the region is stable, a high level of product availability is ensured, and there is no shortage of goods.

On 6 October 2022, the Head of State signed Directive No. 10 "On the Impermissibility of Price Increases", and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus adopted Resolution No. 669 "On Temporary Measures to Stabilise Prices".

On 6 October 2022, the Head of State signed Directive No. 10 "On the Impermissibility of Price Increases", and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus adopted Resolution No. 669 "On Temporary Measures to Stabilise Prices".

In order to unconditionally comply with the requirements of the Head of State, work has been organised in the Vitebsk region to carry out control and analytical measures to identify violations of price legislation.

A regional working group has been established to monitor the price situation. Regional working groups have also been formed at city and district executive committees.

Retail prices for goods in retail outlets were fixed as of 5 October of the current year.

Control and analytical measures are carried out daily in the regions, including weekends. Representatives of city and district executive committees, city and district Councils of Deputies, trade unions, prosecutor's offices, internal affairs bodies, and state control bodies participate in these measures.

As of 12 October of the current year, control measures within the framework of the regional groups covered approximately 1734 facilities, with signs of violation of Resolution No. 669 identified in three of them.

Regarding the issue of price increases, residents of the region can contact the "hotlines" of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus and the main department of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade for the Vitebsk region, the main department of trade and services of the regional executive committee, and the relevant city and district executive committees (information on telephone numbers for the public is posted on the official websites of the executive committees).

Currently, 7 calls have been received by the "hotlines" (6 to city and district executive committees, 1 to the main department of trade and services of the regional executive committee). Information on price overcharging from one of the received calls has been forwarded to the prosecutor's offices.

At the same time, it should be noted that the situation in the consumer market of the region is stable, with a high level of product availability in shops and no observed shortages of goods.

Source: vitebsk-region.gov.by