Consumer Council's latest specific price survey report on tissue and toilet papers has been released. In comparison with data of the same period in last month, most surveyed brands recorded no change or slight decrease in average price this month. Average prices of most brands have been quite stable since this April. The Council conducted the survey on 29th July, surveying 13 samples of tissue and toilet papers from 25 local retail outlets. In comparison with last month's data, 7 surveyed samples showed no change in price, or had decreased slightly in price from around 2.5% to 12.8%. Others recorded slight increase in average price, ranging from 0.3% to 23.4% due to changes in package. Further, the price difference of the same brand sold in different retail outlets observed this time is has shrink from 39% last month to 28% this month. Consumers may visit the Council's website (www.consumer.gov.mo) to use its online price search function; both "Supermarket Price Information Platform" and "Specific Product Price Information Platform" make checking prices of various commodities an easy job. The specific price survey report on tissue and toilet papers is now available online on the Council's official website. For enquiries, please call 8988 9315.
