The Minister of Economy and Trade in the of National Unity Government, Mohammed Al-Huwaij met today Tuesday with the Undersecretaries of the Ministry for Free Zone Affairs and Commercial Affairs, and the Chairman of the Directors Board of the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Privatization Affairs, in the presence of a number of relevant departments in the Ministry.
The meeting was held in order to discuss the mechanism of organizing the local market and the flow of goods and controlling their prices with the Municipal Guard and Internal Security and Food and Drug Control Centers, as well as specifications and standards.
Al-Huwaij also discussed with a number of businessmen, mill owners, and food manufacturing and supplying companies the problems and obstacles facing mills to provide raw materials and companies to import basic commodities in large quantities. These obstacles were represented in opening credits for collection, the repercussions of the global political crisis on import and export operations, and the rise in shipping costs.
The Minister of Economy directed mill owners and companies to provide a strategic stockpile that is sufficient for a period of no less than three months, indicating that the prices of basic commodities will be determined and referred to the controlling authorities for implementation and arresting violators.