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The government is ensuring the availability of consumer products “in abundance and at reasonable prices” during the next month of Ramadan, several ministers said in Rabat on Tuesday.
In statements to the press, after a meeting of the interministerial monitoring and monitoring commission of the state of supply of markets and prices in anticipation of the sacred month of Ramadan, these ministers indicated that the ‘Executive took a battery of measures for pricing and the guarantee of the supply of consumer products widely consumed by Moroccans during the month of fasting.
In this sense, the Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, said that the government is strongly mobilized to guarantee the availability of all the basic products they will need during the sacred month of Ramadan at affordable prices. The most consumed products during this month will be offered in abundance, he said, noting that there will be no disturbance in their supply.
He also indicated that control measures will be reinforced in the markets, in order to master the prices of consumer products which will have to be within the reach of all Moroccans throughout the Kingdom.
The Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Waters and Forests, Ahmed Bouari, said that his department has watched, in the context of preparations for the month of Ramadan, to follow -up the production of the most consumed materials, noting that they will be “abundantly available at reasonable prices”.
The Secretary of State for Maritime Fisheries, Zakia Driouich, said that her department works each year so that frozen fish are made available to the markets at reasonable prices. Regarding the prices of seafood, they will generally have to vary between 17 and 100 dirhams, she said.
Regarding pelagic fish, including sardine, mackerel and anchovy, Ms. Driouich assured that the Maritime Fisheries Department cooperates with professionals for a sufficient supply during the sacred month, knowing that the current period of rest rest biological will end on February 15.
