The rise that several sectors have denounced in the price of rice is rejected by the Minister of Agriculture, Limbert Cruz, who ensures average cereal price is 35 pesos La Libra.
«I live constantly monitoring the prices of the products of the basic basket, I do not Up to 37 pesos, ”said the official.
He added that there is another type of this cereal with a value of 45 pesos, but of “a specific brand.”
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“I do not understand why this unnecessary movement, I think that perhaps to dazzle the speech of the president of February 27, it could be,” he suggested with respect to the complaints of the increase in the cost of food.
He said that “it is very difficult to control the prices” of the establishments.
Rice production
Limbert Cruz urged the Dominican population to remain calm, since there is a “good production” of the product.
“We have an inventory of rice that exceeds 5.3 million quintals, almost doubling those we had a year ago in this month,” he said.
He also affirmed that the average rice production in recent four years has been ascending to 14 million quintals.
