Producers' plea for price bump ignored

A variety of rice products are shelved at a Makro store. Makro launched a sale on more than 5,000 items until Sept 6 to ease living costs.

Despite manufacturers' insistence on the need to increase their product prices to cope with higher production and raw material costs, the Commerce Ministry remains adamant that prices should remain frozen.

The ministry is calling for continued cooperation from manufacturers to help maintain their product prices as long as possible in order to curb negative effects on consumers.