Tag: cooking oil
Economy 01.06.22 | 14:54

Price of cooking oil reaches 163 denars!

The prices of cooking oil, flour, sugar, bread and eggs went up on Tuesday after the anti-crisis measures introduced in March expired. Cooking oil that used to be sold at a price of 135 denars, can now be found for a price of 156 to 163 denars, and the new price of flour type 400 now ranges from 54 to...
Economy 10.05.22 | 16:08

Macedonia will re-export Serbian cooking oil to Albania

Even as Macedonia is facing shortages of cooking oil, and is forced to ask Serbia for new deliveries, the Government agreed to export oil to Albania. The announcement came after a meeting of the Macedonian Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi and the Albanian Finance Minister Delina Ibrahimaj. Macedonia...
Economy 09.05.22 | 13:53

Inflation watch: Cooking oil prices went up by 20 percent in April

The DZS statistics bureau released its latest report on the growing inflation rate. It shows that the price increase is worst in the cooking oil and similar products category, where it reached a little over 20 percent in April, compared to March. Other products that got excessively more expensive are...
Economy 19.04.22 | 18:10

Nikolovski: Serbia delivers first shipment, cooking oil also imported from Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria

Serbia has delivered the first shipment of cooking oil, which should be distributed to the markets across the country tomorrow, Agriculture Minister Ljupco Nikolovski said Tuesday. He once again assures the citizens not to worry and not to stockpile, because, as he said, there is oil. It is imported...
Economy 15.04.22 | 15:20

Serbia decides on export of two million liters of cooking oil to Macedonia

The Serbian government decided yesterday to export two million liters of cooking oil to Macedonia, thus implementing what we have agreed – to lift the ban for export of basic products, wheat and corn, said Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy Ljupco Nikolovski on Friday. He said that...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 11:09

Bekteshi: Retailers to inform the State Market Inspectorate if someone wants to buy larger quantities of oil

As of April 13, each individual shopper purchasing sunflower oil will be limited to one bottle. It is recommended to refuse sales of sunflower oil in large quantities, says Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi. According to the Ministry of Economy, the customer limit will be valid until May 31, 2022. Retailers...
Economy 13.04.22 | 22:29

Cooking oil shortages: Markets asked to sell no more than three bottles to one customer

Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi urged retailers to stop selling packs of cooking oil and to reduce customers to no more than three bottles. Bekteshi said that citizens are hoarding the oil after reports of shortages, and are even exporting it to Albania and other countries. We have a huge increase...
Economy 13.04.22 | 17:41

Cooking oil companies have reserves for a month and half, at most

Cooking oil manufacturers in Macedonia have reserves of raw materials for just another month to a month and a half, said Economy Minister Fatmir Bytiqi. He said that the crisis can be overcome by new imports, even as consumers are reporting shortages ever more frequently in the main supermarkets in the...
Macedonia 09.04.22 | 11:10

Serbia did not allow exports: Producers are panicking for raw materials, we will run out of cooking oil

Despite yesterday’s announcements by the Government that an agreement was reached for Serbia to lift the ban on wheat, corn and raw sunflower oil exports to our country, in the decision after the session of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, sunflower oil is not mentioned anywhere. A statement...
Economy 07.04.22 | 17:36

Minister Nikolovski lashed out at a journalist when asked about the spiking price of cooking oil

Agriculture Minister Ljupco Nikolovski lashed out at a journalist today, after he was confronted over the large spike in cooking oil prices. “Shame, shame”, Nikolovski said as he left the site of the press conference. – You’re telling us for the third time. When people go to the...
Economy 19.03.22 | 10:36

Food supply crisis: Cooking oil prices can go up by 10 percent, and bottle size can go down

Cooking oil prices will go up, and manufactures will be allowed to reduce bottle sizes, said Aneta Simeska – Dimoska, who heads the DPI market inspection service. The Kovacevski Government has relied on these inspectors to go after retailers as Macedonia faces some signs of food shortages and has...
Economy 17.03.22 | 19:16

Government insists that there are sufficient reserves of cooking oil

Citizens should not be worried about running out of basic necessities, said Aneta Simeska – Dimoska, head of the market inspection service, which is being used by the Government to go after allegations of hoarding and artificial shortages in the markets. There are sufficient supplies – in...
Economy 17.03.22 | 16:42

Government fines the KAM supermarket chain after it refused to sell cooking oil

Inspectors fined three stores owned by the KAM chain, where customers were no allowed to purchase cooking oil, even though it was available in the stores. KAM decided to offer cooking oil for free, but only to customers who would purchase 800 denars worth of other products. Other paying customers were...
Economy 08.11.21 | 22:14

Inflation watch: Some cooking oil brands now sell for 2 EUR per liter

Some staple brands of cooking oil have reached 105 denars per liter, and the pricier ones are sold for 120 denars (2 EUR), adding to the pain consumers are feeling in the supermarkets. The only fully domestic producer, “Blagoj Gjorev” from Veles, keeps its oil at 95 denars per liter, but...

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