The Treasury has no intention of restoring large subsidies to basic food products, officials at the Finance Ministry declared today. At the moment bread, frozen chicken and public transport are subsidized. Sugar, instant coffee and rice prices went up again today. Sugar is now sold for approximately $1 a kilo, and the price of rice is only slightly cheaper.
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