The executive branch is reinforcing its regulatory mechanism for the domestic market through the launch of a new digital platform dedicated to the daily tracking of prices and the availability of essential consumer goods. This initiative aims to improve visibility across supply channels, strengthen price oversight, and safeguard citizen purchasing power, in accordance with directives from the President of the Republic.
The official launch of this digital tool stood at the center of an interministerial session chaired on Thursday by the Prime Minister, Sifi Ghrieb, within the framework of a series of gatherings devoted to national market regulation, according to a press release from the Prime Ministry.
The new platform relies on a collaborative approach involving all stakeholders within the supply chains of the domestic market. Through a transparent and structured digital monitoring system, it is intended to guarantee improved traceability of commodities and goods, track their market availability, and oversee price dynamics across various levels of commercialization channels.
This strategy thus intends to bolster market monitoring and regulation mechanisms by leveraging enhanced coordination among diverse actors in production, storage, and distribution.
The session took place via videoconference, with the participation of concerned cabinet ministers and provincial governors, alongside representatives from leading professional organizations in the agricultural and commercial domains. Among the participants were notably the heads of the National Chamber of Agriculture, the General Union of Algerian Merchants and Artisans, and the National Union of Algerian Farmers. Representatives from various professional agricultural branches, farm operators regardless of their holding size, and even cold storage facility owners also joined the proceedings.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister reiterated the commitment of the government to provide continuous support to farmers and merchants actively conducting their operations, while ensuring their concerns are heard and effectively addressed.
For their part, provincial governors were instructed to implement without delay the requisite legal and coercive measures to combat any attempt at artificially engineering shortages, disrupting market supply, or manipulating prices. The objective remains to guarantee supply stability across the domestic market and defend the purchasing power of citizens.
This measure comes within a context marked by market tensions surrounding certain widely consumed items, notably potatoes, whose prices experience fluctuations despite being one of the primary agricultural goods consumed by Algerian households. Compounding these tensions are availability issues involving cooking oil within specific distribution circuits, despite assurances from domestic producers who affirmed that their output continues normally and at its standard rhythm.