{"id":449418,"date":"2021-05-20T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=449418"},"modified":"2021-05-22T10:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T10:32:32","slug":"are-there-reasons-and-concerns-about-rising-bread-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/are-there-reasons-and-concerns-about-rising-bread-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there any reasons and concerns about rising bread prices?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Bread prices have slightly increased in the Republic of Moldova and, as it seems, are about to go up even more in the next period. Producers of the essential product claim that the price of flour, packaging and fuel have increased – that being the main cause of any present or future price changes. Some experts said that, in fact, prices didn’t rise, they were rather adjusted, which should have happened a long time ago. “Manufacturers who had stocks, kept the old prices, those who didn’t have such stocks had to rise the prices,” <\/em>Head of the Bakers’ Association of Moldova said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wheat exports<\/h3>\n

Vice-President of Parliament, Alexandru Slusari<\/strong>, stated<\/a> repeatedly that the reason for the increase in bread prices would be the export of wheat, operated by some Moldovan businessmen, that leading to the impoverishment of the state supplies. The MP asked the president of the Republic of Moldova to convene the Supreme Security Council (SSC) on the subject of wheat export, which would have been made possible with the help of the Information and Security Service (ISS) and members of the Moldovan Government<\/span>. Alexandru Slusari made allegations of pressure applied by state institutions and customs service for issuing the documents necessary for export, even if they included false information.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Mihai Popsoi<\/strong>, another opposition MP, posted<\/a> a copy of a phytosanitary document issued for the export of 6600 kg of wheat through the Giurgiulesti port (located in the south of the country) and accused the socialists of performing illegal exports. “The state supplies subordinated to Minister Voicu releases the wheat, National Agency for Food Safety, which is controlled by Igor Dodon issues authorizations, Minister [of Agriculture, Ion] Perju does not see the need to ban the export, although the Supreme Security Council insisted on this measure,”<\/em> explained the MP. He claimed that all these actions were meant to increase bread prices and blame the president for that. “All these actions also provide profits of millions to oligarchs close to Dodon,”<\/em> Mihai Popsoi added.<\/p>\n