Consumer Council released its latest specific price survey on rice. Survey result showed that prices of rice remained stable, only 1 out of the 15 surveyed products recorded a change in price and price differences recorded for the same product sold at different outlets ranged from 1 to 22 percent.

Consumer Council collected prices of 15 brands of rice from 21 retail outlets on 5th March. In comparison with data from January, prices of rice remained stable as only ‘Golden Elephant Brand Premium Jasmine Rice/8kg’ recorded a price increase of 5.1 percent at one retail outlet.

Price differences ranged from 1 to 22 percent were recorded in the current survey. ‘Tsing Ling Gi" Thai Hom Mali Rice/10kg’, which was sold at $124.0 to $151.0, differed for 21.77 percent; ‘Wing On Thai Jasmine Rice/5kg’ and ‘Japanese Variety Pearl Rice/5kg’ both recorded price discrepancies of over 15 percent. Consumers are advised to check with the survey data to make price comparisons.

The specific price survey on rice is now available on Consumer Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) and in the Council’s ‘Supermarket Price Information Platform’ iPhone and Android apps. For inquiry, please call 8988 9315.