The Department of Trade and Industry inspects supermarkets and groceries in Manila to check the prices and supply of BNPCs and heed the recent DTI memorandum directing the monitoring of availability and retail prices of white and/or washed sugar including the observance of the agreed purchase limit by participating establishments that supported the President’s call continue reading : DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, sugar in Manila
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Laguna Provincial Office, through its Consumer Protection Division (CPD), started the conduct of monitoring of the price and supply of sugar to assure reasonable prices and availability of supplies of sugar in the province. This effort is in compliance with the memorandum released by DTI Secretary Alfredo E. continue reading : DTI-Laguna Consumer Protection Division conducts monitoring of price and supply of sugar
Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez clarifies that, “Much as we would want to manage the supply and regulate the price of sugar to ensure its availability and affordability to consumers, the law does not authorize DTI to perform such function. Sugar is a basic commodity under the responsibility and jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA). continue reading : Sugar Supply and Prices not covered by DTI