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05-02-06, 06:19
Prices of dairy products rise
Web posted at: 2/5/2006 6:40:45
Source ::: The Peninsula
doha: The prices of dairy products, especially milk powder and evaporated milk made in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Netherlands and certain GCC states has risen slightly by 50 dirhams to one riyal, enquiries in the local market revealed.
The increase, it was learnt, was caused by the withdrawal of Danish-made products from shelves of such stores following caricatures insulting to Muslims were printed by certain sections of the media in that country.
While store owners and managers were not available for comment, shoppers over the weekend, said, a 400gm can of a popular brand of milk powder from the Netherlands earlier was available for only QR9.50 while the price had now risen in some retail outlets to QR 10.50.
In case of milk powder manufactured in New Zealand, smaller tins had become dearer by half a riyal though the cost of larger containers remained at about QR38 for 2.25kgs.
Market sources however ruled out the cost of the commodity soaring higher in wake of Danish made products being barred, stating, the Dutch and New Zealand brands were of comparable quality and similarly priced while being available in abundance locally.
Some shoppers however claimed that ghee or clarified butter — a popular ingredient in recipes of the Indian subcontinent — was in short supply after a high-demand brand, Lurpak from Denmark, went off shelves.
Suppliers from the GCC and India, they pointed out, had apparently been unable to cater to the huge demand from households at the beginning of the month.
Web posted at: 2/5/2006 6:40:45
Source ::: The Peninsula
doha: The prices of dairy products, especially milk powder and evaporated milk made in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Netherlands and certain GCC states has risen slightly by 50 dirhams to one riyal, enquiries in the local market revealed.
The increase, it was learnt, was caused by the withdrawal of Danish-made products from shelves of such stores following caricatures insulting to Muslims were printed by certain sections of the media in that country.
While store owners and managers were not available for comment, shoppers over the weekend, said, a 400gm can of a popular brand of milk powder from the Netherlands earlier was available for only QR9.50 while the price had now risen in some retail outlets to QR 10.50.
In case of milk powder manufactured in New Zealand, smaller tins had become dearer by half a riyal though the cost of larger containers remained at about QR38 for 2.25kgs.
Market sources however ruled out the cost of the commodity soaring higher in wake of Danish made products being barred, stating, the Dutch and New Zealand brands were of comparable quality and similarly priced while being available in abundance locally.
Some shoppers however claimed that ghee or clarified butter — a popular ingredient in recipes of the Indian subcontinent — was in short supply after a high-demand brand, Lurpak from Denmark, went off shelves.
Suppliers from the GCC and India, they pointed out, had apparently been unable to cater to the huge demand from households at the beginning of the month.