Consumer Council released its latest 'Supermarket Price Survey' dated 15th December. In comparison with last month's record, average prices of rice and cooking oil had become stable and decreased respectively while those of many surveyed samples of noodles, milk products, sanitary and hygienic products had increased slightly by 2 to 4 percent. A total of 300 kinds of products were surveyed by Consumer Council. Prices of rice and cooking oil, where obvious price increase were recorded last month, had turned stable and dropped respectively; though several Thai rice brands recorded no change in price in the last two months, certain brands, such as '"Fung Soi" Thai Hom Mali Rice (10kg)' and '"Tsing Ling Gi" Thai Hom Mali Rice (10kg)', still showed significant increase in price. Among the 25 samples of cooking oil surveyed, prices of half of them had dropped since last month, e.g. a price drop of over 13 percent was recorded in 'King Chef 100% Pure Corn Oil (3.5L)'. Further, average prices of several brands of instant noodles had increased by 0.5 to 8 percent. Some samples from the categories of milk products, sanitary and hygienic products also recorded a price increase. For canned foods, prices of most of the samples surveyed in both the 'Supermarket Price Survey' and 'Specific price survey on canned foods' were stable, with only an exception of 'Greatwall Brand Chopped Pork & Ham (340g)' in which average price had increased by 4 percent since last month. Consumers are advised to check with the price data provided by the Council and to download the new 'Supermarket price platform' iPhone app available for free on the Council's website. Both 'Supermarket Price Survey' and 'Specific price survey on canned foods' are now available on the Council's website (www.consumer.gov.mo). 'Supermarket Price Survey' is also available free of charge at the offices of Consumer Council, IACM's Iao Hon and S. Domingos Markets, bookstores and libraries. Consumers may also access the resources through WAP channels on their mobile phones. For inquiries, please call 8988 9315.
