Food prices to continue climbing in Armenia
24.11.2017,
13:21
Food price will continue their upward movement until January, Hrach Berberyan, head of the Agriculture Union of Armenia, said on Thursday.
YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. Food price will continue their upward movement until January, Hrach Berberyan, head of the Agriculture Union of Armenia, said on Thursday.
“We have been warned about price hikes at food market yet in spring,” he said. “We also spoke about this in late July, when drought has stricken at Armenia, but none of the responsible ministries has raised this issue.”
In recent days, Armenian media resources reported about increase in prices for some products, particularly eggs.
They reported that one egg was sold at 30-40 drams ($0.06-0.08), while now it is sold at 60-70 drams ($0.12-0.14).
It was also reported about a price hike at meat market.
Berberyan thinks that the price hikes have been caused by drought, which has driven fodder prices up.
“In such cases, former agriculture ministers used to attract a huge assistance to Armenia, while the present minister did nothing for that,” he said. “This will lead to reduction of cattle units and, as a result, meat and other products will become more expensive. This is seen already now. Prices for cheese and other dairy products have already leapt. The same applies to chicken meat.”
In his words, wheat crops dropped as well.
Berberyan urged Artak Shaboyan, head of Armenia’s antitrust agency, to keep control over the situation.
“It is his business,” he said. “Taking advantage of the fact that laws are imperfect and that there are no laws protecting farmers, many canneries are really robbing them.”
Speaking about increase in egg prices, Berberyan said that it is an obligation to sort through such problems.
“If the society start struggling against price hikes, prices will go down very soon,” he said. --0---
“We have been warned about price hikes at food market yet in spring,” he said. “We also spoke about this in late July, when drought has stricken at Armenia, but none of the responsible ministries has raised this issue.”
In recent days, Armenian media resources reported about increase in prices for some products, particularly eggs.
They reported that one egg was sold at 30-40 drams ($0.06-0.08), while now it is sold at 60-70 drams ($0.12-0.14).
It was also reported about a price hike at meat market.
Berberyan thinks that the price hikes have been caused by drought, which has driven fodder prices up.
“In such cases, former agriculture ministers used to attract a huge assistance to Armenia, while the present minister did nothing for that,” he said. “This will lead to reduction of cattle units and, as a result, meat and other products will become more expensive. This is seen already now. Prices for cheese and other dairy products have already leapt. The same applies to chicken meat.”
In his words, wheat crops dropped as well.
Berberyan urged Artak Shaboyan, head of Armenia’s antitrust agency, to keep control over the situation.
“It is his business,” he said. “Taking advantage of the fact that laws are imperfect and that there are no laws protecting farmers, many canneries are really robbing them.”
Speaking about increase in egg prices, Berberyan said that it is an obligation to sort through such problems.
“If the society start struggling against price hikes, prices will go down very soon,” he said. --0---
