YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The monitoring of living essentials and consumer goods has been tightened by a decision of the chairman of the RA State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition with the aim of preventing the negative impact of the regional situation on the Armenian market, as well as possible anticompetition agreements, abuses and attempts to raise prises under the pretext of the current situation. According to spokeswoman for the Commission Armine Udumian, since August 8, everyday monitoring has included goods of 16 types (35 product names) in tens of shops in Yerevan, as well as Lori, Shirak and Tavush marzes. By the results of the first ten days of monitoring, the prices of granulated sugar, Russian and "Anchor" types of butter, sour cream, beef, "Otmennoye" vegetable oil, "Yerevan Poultry Factory" eggs, some meat products, gasoline, and diesel fuel remained unchanged. Prices of the following goods fell: high-quality flour (0.4%), bread (1.5-1.9%), sausages (0.1-5.6%), local macaroni (21.3%), "Zolotaya Semechka" sunflower oil (6.6%), pork (2.3%) amd "Lori" cheese (0.4%). Prices of the following goods went up: vegetable oil ("Inessa" - 0.6%, "Sloboda" - 1.5%, "Shchedry Dar" - 2.4%), butter from New Zealand (0.9%), "Chanakh" cheese (2%), "Lebo" coffee (2.1%), "Hrazdan" bread (4%), "Lusakert" eggs (5.6%) and rice (8.5-11.6%). Monitoring continues.

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