The price of flour is 25% of the cost of bakers

According to Fars News Agency, quoting the Iranian Chamber of Trade Unions, Mohammad Baqer Mojtabaei said about holding a meeting to calculate the costs of bakers with the presence of the heads of various bread unions: “One of the problems in the Iranian market is government pricing in some trade unions It is also one of them. It is clear that grammatical pricing does not make sense without considering the costs of bakers. On the other hand, it is the dominant force of the Iranian people, and this case is especially sensitive in the low-income group, and accordingly, the market regulation headquarters has had meetings to review the costs of providing bread.

He added: “Iran’s Chamber of Trades has announced in this headquarters that the costs of bakers have increased over the past year and only the price of flour has remained stable.” Flour, on the other hand, covers only 25 percent of the cost of bakers. For example, shop rents have increased by more than 40 percent, labor wages by 39 percent under the labor law, and energy costs, which are the responsibility of the government itself.

The Secretary General of the Iranian Chamber of Guilds stated: Therefore, in a meeting with the members of the working group of bakers of the Iranian Chamber of Guilds, we compiled and calculated the costs of bakers in a table, and based on this, it was found that even though some cases were ignored, 70-80% The costs of the bakers were not seen in the approved bread rate and therefore the bakers were affected. Meanwhile, bakers are among the hardest working people in the community and work in extreme heat.

Mojtabaei said: “Therefore, the Iranian Chamber of Guilds in the market regulation headquarters has called for appropriate decisions to be made to support the people and prevent the closure of bakeries while preventing the increase of household basket costs.” In this regard, and according to the minutes of the last meeting of the Market Regulation Headquarters and according to the proposal of the Iranian Chamber of Trades, it was decided to calculate the small cost of bread in the country and submit it to the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture. Be.

The Secretary General of the Iranian Chamber of Trades stated: Therefore, in a meeting with the same focus, the small costs of bakers, including Sangak, Lavash and Barbari breads were examined and will be provided to the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture soon.

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