AreaMauritania

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date09/09/2021

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentPrice controls

DescriptionAs part of its efforts to contain inflationary pressure, announced that ceilings on retail/wholesale prices of a range of basic foodstuffs would be introduced, with immediate effect. In the case of first quality imported rice at wholesale level, the price cap was set at MRU 32 (USD 0.87) and at MRU 36 (USD 0.98) at retail level. For wholesale prices of second quality imported rice, the ceiling was fixed at MRU 30 (USD 0.82) and at MRU 32 (USD 0.87) for the same quality at retail level. For locally produced broken rice, the wholesale price was capped at MRU 27 (USD 0.74) and at MRU 30 (USD 0.82) at retail level. For wholegrain local rice, a wholesale price cap of MRU 25 (USD 0.68) would instead apply and of MRU 27.5 (USD 0.75) at retail level.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 October 2021.