By Bader al Kiyumi — MUSCAT — Most food commodities maintained their stability in the recent survey of prices conducted by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection in the retail and wholesale stores in Muscat Governorate. The survey indicated the stability of main commodities such as rice, flour and milk at its former levels in the last survey which included the retail stores like Carrefour, Lulu, Sultan Center, Safeer and KM.
The survey conducted by the Authority on April 07, showed stability of major commodities such as rice, flour, milk, tea, oil and salt at their previous level. The survey showed stability of rice as prices of basmati Thamer (39 kg) reached at RO 22.200 LuLu, RO 22.450 at Safeer. No data was available from Carrefour, Sultan Centre. The Basmati Abu Deek (40 kg) settled at RO 20.750 at all the stores covered by the survey.
The price of flour No 1 (10 kg) ranged between RO 2.100 — RO 1.980 in the stores surveyed. The price of Al Khareef flour ranged between RO 1.930 — RO 1.975 in most shops but no data was available at Carrefour. The imported flour reached RO 2.290 at Carrefour and Lulu but no data was available in other stores.
Lipton Tea (400 gm) hits RO 1.390 in Lulu, Sultan Center and KM, and RO 1.470 at Safeer. Mumtaz Tea (450 gm) sold at RO 1 at Careefour, 0. 960 baisa at Safeer, while at LuLu, Sultan and KM no data provided. The price of sugar (2 kg) reached 890 baisa in Sultan, 750 baiza at KM, 720 baisa at LuLu.
