Skopje, 31 August 2023 (MIA) - New measures will certainly follow, there can be no profiteering in times of crisis, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said in response to reporters' questions on increased prices of some basic products.

Measures will probably be taken in the area of trade margins and in the area of differences between production and sales prices, Kovachevski told reporters at Thursday's opening of a new kindergarten in Karposh Municipality, whose construction was financially supported by the World Bank.

"We are monitoring the prices, we have already discussed with the economic ministers about future measures that will be taken, first in the area of trade margins and in the area of the difference in prices from the producers to the final price. New measures will certainly follow, because there can be no profiteering in times of crisis," said Kovachevski. 

According to him, there is a crisis in the supply of the dairy industry, and there is a shortage in some regions of the world due to the war in Ukraine.

"There will be a problem with milk because there is a crisis in milk supply. Tomorrow I have a meeting with [Agriculture] Minister Nikolovski about what measures we will take because there is a shortage of milk in some regions of the world due to the war in Ukraine," the PM noted.

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