MRP for rice and sugar gazetted

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has issued maximum retail prices (MRP) for sugar and rice in two separate extraordinary gazettes.

The gazette 2243/14 stated that a kilogram of keeri samba cannot be sold above 125 per kilo, white/red samba (excluding suduru samba) should be sold at 103 per kilo, white/red nadu at Rs.98 per kilo and white/red rice not more than 95 per kilo.

“Importers, suppliers, producers, distributors or traders of the above varieties of rice shall not add any additional charges per pack/packet other than the price for the weight of such rice, if the varieties of rice listed above are offered for sale, supplied, exposed/displayed for sale in packs/packets,” the CAA Chairman Major General Shantha Dassanayake said.

According to extraordinary gazette 2243/13, brown sugar (unpacketed) should be sold at Rs. 125 per kilo while the price of a kilo of packeted brown sugar should be sold not more than Rs. 128.

Importers' maximum wholesale price of white sugar is stated as 116 rupees per kilo while maximum retail price for unpacketed sugar is Rs. 122 per kg and sugar packets should be sold for Rs. 125 per kilo. 

The gazettes came into effect from yesterday (2).