THE Department of Trade and Industry guarantees there are a sufficient supply of salt even though they approved the price increase.
DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said there will be no shortage since we have four large salt manufacturers and a lot of imported salt.
The department granted the recent salt price hike because these prices have been unchanged for about six years.
“Itong mga manufacturers na ito ay sobrang tagal na na hindi nagtataas ng presyo. Parang umabot na ng four, five, six years bago sila nag-request ulit. So sa computations natin, talaga namang dapat lang na itaas natin ang presyo,” DTI Undersecretary said.
The SRP for iodized rock salt was set at PHP21.75 for 500 grams and PHP23 for 1 kg.
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