Though there is no shortage of wheat on the home market, the bread makers say they work at a loss owing to the depreciation of the national currency and the rise in tariffs for energy resources. Such information was made public in the meeting of the Parliament’s commission on economy, budget and finance, which held hearings on the situation on the baked goods market, IPN reports.
This year there were harvested 925 tonnes of wheat, 60% of which is intended for baking. There are about 500,000 tonnes of wheat on the domestic market, while the country’s needs can be satisfied with 300,000 tonnes.
However, the bakeries demand that the prices of bakery products should be increased for the reason that the Moldovan leu depreciated, while the wheat grew dearer from 2 lei/kg last year to 3 lei/kg this year.
In such conditions, the parliamentary commission asked the interim Cabinet to work out mechanisms for subsidizing the bakeries and helping the socially deprived groups to cope with the possible price rises. The Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry are to present such mechanisms as soon as possible.
