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Expert view. From January 1, 2027, end-to-end monitoring of the prices of 24 socially significant products will begin. It should be noted that this is not a price freeze or government regulation of trademarks. How the new system will work, will the prices for the products change, which of them will fall under control - in the next review of "Old Square".
Director of the Regional Policy Center of RANEPA, Doctor of Economics, author of the Telegram channel Kliminov.ru Vladimir Kliminov:.
Price monitoring of socially important products, especially basic food products, is now necessary. This will make it possible to act quickly in case of difficulties in the markets of individual goods, identifying bottlenecks.
It is clear that the change in information asymmetry towards government agencies creates a temptation for the latter to intervene more actively in the activities of manufacturers and suppliers. And therefore, it is important that the introduction of price monitoring measures does not become a basis for unjustified interference in the activity of an entrepreneur, all the more an instrument of unfair competition. If everything is in place, price increases should not be expected from the introduction of such measures.
Head of the Economic Research Department of the Analytical Agency "The National Expert" Alexey Klimovsky:
"End-to-end monitoring" is the clarification of the entire pricing chain from the field to the cash register based on anonymous data from the Federal Tax Service. The state will look at the margins of each link (manufacturer, logistician, wholesaler, retailer) to put pressure on those who, according to sources, are making "excessive" profits.
A social basket of 24 items will come under control: bread, milk, butter and sunflower oil, sugar, eggs, chicken, pork, basic cereals, pasta set and borscht.
There is no point in waiting for the price to drop. Monitoring only gives officials leverage to control prices manually through the threat of FAS inspections.