Kyrgyzstan has introduced price regulation for vegetable oil and sugar due to increases in cost. The State Anti-Monopoly Agency has conducted explanatory work at the Aziz wholesale market in Bishkek, explaining maximum retail mark-ups and the introduction of a zero VAT rate on taxable supplies and imports for these products. The agency has also noted a decrease in the price of a brand of sunflower oil and a decrease in the price of sugar.