Ukraine: Are food cards possible in 2022?

Published 2022년 1월 25일

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Experts discussing the impact of inflation and global commodity markets on Ukraine's food prices, even during a record harvest. They debated the need for government price regulation, with some arguing it has not been effective in the past due to poor implementation. Other solutions suggested included domestic protectionism and state mechanisms to influence pricing. The article also mentioned the challenge of high privately produced gas prices, which have led to increased costs for flour, and the difficulty of passing on these costs to consumers.

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Rising food prices amid a record harvest in Ukraine look paradoxical. However, there are many factors for this phenomenon: inflation, global commodity markets, high energy prices, and so on. Should the state intervene? Experts discussed during Trend & Hedge Club. Experts (from left to right) Rodion Rybchynsky, Oleksandr Taranenko, Vadym Chagarovsky, Yevhen Dubogryz and Olena Neroba. - There is no clear answer to the question of whether government price regulation is needed. There are many others to answer, including the country in which we live. There are real examples of countries where the regulation of prices for basic necessities has been going on for many years. For example, in the United States there are types of food, the prices of which are regulated at the state level, - says Rodion Rybchynsky, head of the Flour Mills of Ukraine. It will be recalled that in 1996 the Ukrainian government adopted a decree regulating the prices of basic necessities, and it was in force until ...

Source: Agravery