The Ministry of Commerce continues to monitor outlets and the prices of commodities and products Kingdom-wide.
The inspectors carried out over 691 thousand market and price monitoring tasks and over 35 thousand price monitoring field visits from the beginning of January to the end of September 2022. Over 1 million price readings of commodities and products were taken at all outlets.
The Ministry monitors the prices of 278 essential commodities in all regions and sends the readings to an electronic system to be rigorously monitored and to identify any inappropriate actions impacting commodity prices for urgent action.
These inspections are intended to monitor markets, price levels, and product abundance, ensuring the availability of different suppliers and substitute products. The visits make sure that businesses comply with the Ministry's laws in order to protect the rights of consumers.
The Ministry urged the consumers to report commercial violations by calling the toll-free number (1900) or through the “A Commercial Report” App.