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AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> DESPITE\u00a0 the government\u00a0 move to announce\u00a0 indicative prices\u00a0 for retail sugar\u00a0 per kilogram\u00a0 in each region\u00a0 traders\u00a0 in Mwanza\u00a0 City are still reluctant\u00a0 to sell the product\u00a0 at 2,900\/-as set\u00a0 for\u00a0 the region.<\/p>\n

Most shops in\u00a0 the city sell the commodity at between 3,200\/-and 3,500\/-per kilo, contrary to the indicative price set for Mwanza Region.<\/p>\n

A spot check by ‘Sunday News’ learnt that the sweetener was sold above the indicative price with very few traders abiding by the government directive.<\/p>\n

Wholesale price for a 25 kilogram bag of sugar is sold at between 68,000\/-and 72,000\/-and 75,000\/- which means that\u00a0 traders buy the commodity at 2,720\/-, 2,880\/-and 3,000\/-, which could\u00a0 automatically hike the\u00a0 retail price.<\/p>\n

Recently, the government through Minister for Agriculture, Mr Japheth\u00a0 Hasunga, announced indicative prices to end illegal practices by some traders who have been increasing prices to maximise profits.<\/p>\n

He said indicative prices were\u00a0 considered by considering importation costs incurred by local producers to cover the shortage of the commodity and the distance to the destination; therefore in Mwanza the indicative price is 2900\/-.<\/p>\n

Mr Hasunga said sugar shortage in the country was due to hostile weather, and as a result, local factories failed to produce a lot of sugar to meet consumers\u2019 demand, and that was why the government allowed importers to import the commodity to reduce shortages.<\/p>\n

A retailer along Uhuru Street,\u00a0 Mr Manyangu Saguda said he was selling sugar at 3,500\u00a0 per kilo since he buys it at for 3,000 per kilogram; He was thus waiting for wholesellers to reduce prices for him also to also\u00a0 reduce the retail prices.<\/p>\n

A food vendor along Miti Mirefu Street, Ms Nkwimba Sayi, said due to the sugar price hike, they don\u2019t get enough profit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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