{"id":142056,"date":"2025-06-10T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142056\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"more-than-100-companies-defied-price-caps-since-january-ministry","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142056\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 companies defied price caps since January \u2013 ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Officials have uncovered violations of price ceilings by more than 100 companies since the start of 2025, the press office of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fines imposed exceeded 250,000 rubels (more than $83,000), it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A company based in the Homiel region allegedly sold vegetables and apples at a markup of 442 percent, while the maximum markup is 30 percent. It reportedly received more than 50,000 rubels in illegal profits and now faces a fine of up to 110,000 rubels, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late 2024, Alaksiej Bahdana\u016d, in charge of the ministry at that time, announced that the government considered moving away from rigorous price controls to \u201cminimal state intervention in pricing.\u201d However, the government has not taken any action so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumer prices in Belarus rose by 0.7 percent in May and 7.1 percent in the 12 months to May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Bie\u0142stat: consumer prices up 0.7 percent in May<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 10, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 0.7-percent increase in consumer prices in May, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reports. Food prices rose by 1.2 percent, while non-food prices and services grew by 0.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively. Prices have climbed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/142045\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, Pozirk. Officials have uncovered violations of price ceilings by more than 100 companies since the start of 2025, the press office of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade reports. The fines imposed exceeded 250,000 rubels (more than $83,000), it noted. A company based in the Homiel region allegedly sold vegetables and apples [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":57687,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-142056","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More than 100 companies defied price caps since January \u2013 ministry | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 10, Pozirk. 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