Industry Ministry, BCCI reassure sufficient food supply, usual prices

TDT | Manama

Top commerce officials reassured the public yesterday that there are sufficient quantities of food commodities at regular prices. This came in a meeting between Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed R. Al Zayani and Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Food Wealth Committee chairman Khalid Ali Al Ameen.

They reviewed the latest developments of the local market with regards to the availability of basic food commodities and the control of their prices.

The minister commended the efforts exerted by BCCI, in cooperation with the Industry Ministry’s Inspection Directorate, to be informed about the supply and demand movement in the local market, along with the availability of food commodities, especially fruits and vegetables, at reasonable prices during this exceptional period.

Minister Al Zayani reassured that food supplies cover the needs of the domestic market and consumers fully. Al Ameen lauded the measures and decisions taken by the government, represented by the Industry Ministry, to address the effects of the current crisis.

He stressed that he and the ministry are both well-aware of the daily movement of the market and the availability of quantities of fruits and vegetables at reasonable prices. He added that the flow of goods in recent days, and the shipments that will arrive during the coming days, will contribute to providing sufficient goods, as well as serve to the decline of prices to their usual level.