Price Control Items

List of Price Control Items

ArticlesWholesaleRetail
Grocery
☥ Bacon and Ham (non slice)7.5%15%
Biscuits7.5%15%
Corned Beef7.5%15%
Mackerel5%10%
Mackerel (pickled)7.5%15%
☥ Toilet Paper7.5%15%
Bloaters7.5%15%
Fruit Juices7.5%15%
Rice (bulk)7.5%15%
Rice (packet)7.5%15%
Sardines (canned)5%10%
∗ Poultry feed (local including packaging)15%20%
Butter (Cooking)7.5%15%
Butter (Table)10%15%
Butter (Packets)10%15%
Butter (Others)10%15%
Cheese (processed and unrefrigerated)10%15%
Cheese (others)10%15%
Chicken (imported back and neck)12.5%15%
Chicken (Other parts)15%20%
Cookin (deodorised)g Oil7.5%12.5%
Fish (salted)7.5%15%
☥ Flour7.5%15%
KerosenePrice for the time being in force by regulations published in the Gazette
Liquid Petroleum Gas
Milk (powdered in bulk)10%15%
Milk (powdered in packets)10%15%
Milk (infant formula)5%10%
Milk (Others)7.5%15%
Sardines (Canned)5%10%
Sausages (Unsliced)10%15%
Sugar (Refined & Unrefined)7.5%15%
Simulated Cocoa Beverages (Cocoa)7.5%15%
Margarine and Lard Substitutes (Pails)10%15%
Margarine and Lard Substitutes (Tins)7.5%15%
Margarine and Lard Substitutes (Others)7.5%15%
Meats (Canned)10%15%
Meats (Frozen)15%20%
Meats (Pickled)7.5%15%
Onions10%20%
Potatoes (not sweet)10%20%
General
Fencing wire (all kinds)30%
Galvanise25%
Iron and steel (reinforcing rods etc.)30%
Lumber (imported all kinds)25%
Nails20%
Paints25%
Flashlights and bulbs33.3%
Fountain pen, propelling pencils and ball point pens including refills36%
School and Excersise books20%
Stationary (including pencils)33.3%
Underwear (ladies and children)35%
Agricultural Implements33.3%
Cement (in bags)5%15%
Cutlasses,forks,hoes and machetes25%
Drugs (patent and proprietary medicines. Items with expiry date)20%40%
Patent and proprietary medicines (all others)20%30%

∗ Maximum percentage which may be added by distributors ex-factory price.
☥ Only when imported.

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