To reserve and supply of essential goods for the Lunar New Year 2019

ABO - To contribute to curbing inflation and stabilizing the commodity market before, during and after the Lunar New Year in 2019, the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee issued the Plan No. 346/KH-UBND dated December 12, 2018, on reserving and supplying of essential goods for the Lunar New Year 2019.

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Accordingly, the essential goods reserved for the Lunar New Year 2019 includes all kinds of rice (779 tons); sugar types (169 tons); cooking oil of all kinds (696,800 liters); monosodium glutamate, seasoning seeds of all kinds (391 tons); cattle meat (52 tons); poultry meat (14 tons). In addition, there are other consumer goods such as jam, sausage, soft drinks, washing powder, etc...

There are 8 unit registered to participate in the essential commodity reserve and supply plan for the Lunar New Year in 2019 including: The Ward 1, My Tho city Commercial Cooperative; My Tho Co.opMart (Tien Giang-Saigon Co., Ltd); Cai Lay Co.opmart Cai Lay (the branch of Ho Chi Minh City Union of Trading Cooperatives -Saigon Co.op); Go Cong Co.opmart (Ho Chi Minh City Union of Trading Cooperatives -Saigon Co.op); Branch of EB Tan Phu Co., Ltd in My Tho (Big C); Huu Thanh Phat Trading Import Export Co., Ltd; Tien Giang Food Company and Vinh Kim Cooperative with the total value of reserve and supply goods of 406.9 billion VND, an increase of 19.22% compared to the Lunar New Year 2018; in which, essential goods with a total value of over 74.5 billion VND.

In which, there are 4 units proposing to borrow capital to carry out the reserve and supply of essential goods with a total amount of over 32.2 billion VND, increased 3.29% compared to the Tet holidays of 2018.

In order to support enterprises to carry out the reserve and supply of essential goods, the enterprises participating in the plan will be considered for loans from commercial banks in the province to have considered preferential treatment (reduced from 1.5% to 2.5% per year compared to normal interest rates for businesses that need loans).

At the same time, Tien Giang provincial People's Committee assigned Tien Giang Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate with the concerned units to organize at least one to two Vietnamese goods fair sessions in rural areas, industrial parks and clusters, contributing to the implementation of the policy of market prices stabilization and social security for the Lunar New Year 2019.

(According to tiengiang.gov.vn – Translated by N.HUU)