Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. U.Ismayilova / Eyyub Huseynov, the head of the Consumers Union, stated on 16 August that the price of bread doubled as the weight of bread decreased but prices stayed the same.
Huseynov said that the weight of one loaf of bread decreased by two times and now is only 350gr.
"A wrong consumer policy of the country resulted in a secret increase in prices and a decrease in the weight of bread by 20%," Huseyinov said.
One other reason for the increase in the price of bread is a 50% monopolization of market.
Touching upon the decision of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers on the temporary cancellation of the Value Added Tax on importing grains to the country, Huseynov noted that this step taken by the government was insufficient for regulation the price of bread.