The authorities plan to regulate the prices of disinfectant soaps in tablet or liquid form, disinfectant sprays, liquid alcohol, alcohol gels and disinfectant towels.
According to official statistics, up to March 16, 41 cases of people infected with the coronavirus had been reported, and another 615 patients who were examined were found to be negative.
The extension of the deadline for the implementation of the decree that eliminates the rice price fixing mechanism, represents a transfer of $75 million from the pockets of consumers towards the rice sector.
For years other countries have criticized the pricing of rice in Costa Rica considering it a subsidy and violation of defined limits.
" ... The maximum allowance agreed for the sector is $15.94 million per year but for 2013 it has been estimated at $75 million. Violation of the agreement is grounds for a complaint, which could attract sanctions against Costa Rican exports from some partners."
In the last year 11 rice industries invested $14 million to deal with changes in the international market and local pricing.
Nacion.com reports: "These investments are being made in the new context that is expected with the liberalization of grain prices from 1 March 2014 and the start, two years later, of the gradual reduction of 35% tariffs on imports from the U.S.".
The Government is standing firm in its position to eliminate state fixing of the price of rice and aims to organize the cooperative sector.
According to Mayi Antillon, chief of Economy, Industry and Trade from March 2014 the price of rice will be unfixed in order to benefit small farmers and reduce the price for consumers.
"It is not possible to debate maintaining fixation which does not benefit small producers," Antillon said, adding that these people do not receive their money at the moment of selling their harvest to large companies.
The National Rice Corporation and the Government have agreed to move towards an alternative to the price fixing scheme.
"It was also decided to establish a process of transition to manage the market and increase productivity in the sector, which should be ready this week," reported Elfinancierocr.com.
The agreement came after the results of the study entitled "Current Mechanism for the estimation and identification of rice prices under the context of the marketing chain," conducted by the Institute of Economics at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) , which indicates that currently, price fixing does not take into account various aspects of the reality of the national and international market.
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