Syed Hussein Al -Qassab
The Minister of Industry and Trade Abdullah Fakhro revealed that the number of commercial records related to drinks and restaurants in the Kingdom of Bahrain reached 7596 records, including 5532 records owned by Bahrainis by 100%.
In response to a question from the Shura Council member Fouad Al -Hajji, Minister Fakhro said that the number of active food carts licensed carts are 349 commercial records, while there are 30 violations related to manipulation of announced prices.
With regard to the scope of the Ministry’s supervision of the monitoring of food and beverage prices, Fakhro said that the Ministry oversees the monitoring of food and beverage prices, as it falls within the scope of its control of government -supported products represented in supporting the supported flour and for popular and mechanical bakeries to produce certain types of flour products supported and selling them to consumers at a government specified price.
He referred to a number of initiatives that were made in support and guarantee price stability, including food and beverage prices, which were to determine the list of main food and consumer goods, and to follow up and monitor the movement in the markets of the main food and consumer goods.
According to the minister, the Ministry is working to unify efforts and involve the private sector to provide main food and consumer goods and ensure that they are not shortened while providing plans for emergency cases, and raising awareness to enhance the practice of smart and sustainable consumer behavior.
Minister Fakhro pointed out that the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched many initiatives that aim to work to contribute to maintaining the stability of prices in partnership with the private sector, indicating that one of the most important of these initiatives is the initiative to cancel the fees for promotional campaigns for a period The value of the exemption for 3 months is 2,600 dinars, while the exemption initiative benefited 32 promotional campaigns, and the number of food and consumer goods benefiting from the same initiative reached 183 commodities.
