Costs of food item would not go down in spite of gather season - GSS

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The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) questions the country's expansion will observer a downfall at any point in the near future as figures stake the expansion rate at 31.7 percent in July.
In a meeting with JoyNews, the Service's Head of Price Statistics, John Forster Agyaho, cautioned that costs of labor and products might keep on ascending available notwithstanding the beginning of the collect season for food crops.
The circumstance, as per him, is because of high imported expansion because of worldwide emergency.
"We are in the gather season yet check out at the heaviness of food things in the crate. How could you anticipate that costs of food should go down?"
"Yet, there are different elements in the bin that influence expansion. On the off chance that we keep seeing higher imported expansion in light of the worldwide emergency, there will be past exploration in cutting food sources from the homestead base to the market habitats. These different variables are additionally things that we shouldn't disregard," he said on Wednesday.
Merchants have additionally not been forgotten about in the emergency.
Numerous merchants have grumbled about the effect of high merchandise costs on their organizations.
"Costs have gone up, last year, things were better, we used to sell four hotshots for ₵10, presently, it's three for ₵10.
"Costs have truly gone up, we don't have the foggiest idea what to do. We are not creating gains," a dealer told JoyNews.
Prior in August, information introduced by the GSS uncovered that expansion had crossed the 30% imprint to hit 31.7%.
This is the most noteworthy expansion rate recorded since late 2003.
As per the GSS, the expansion in expansion was by and by brought about by Transport (44.6%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (43.0%); Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance (42.0%); Recreation, Sport and Culture (33.8%); Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (33.7%) and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (32.3%).