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Sugar producers’ joy is bitter pill for consumers

The government decision to impose quantitative restrictions on sugar imports is facing a public outrage as the move has given free rein to domestic producers to increase the sugar price haphazardly ahead of the festival season.Last month, the government, at the behest of domestic sugar producers, imposed imports restriction. The repercussion was immediately felt in the market as sugar prices jumped from Rs65 per kg to Rs85-90 per kg within days. Sugar producers’ joy is bitter pill for consumers
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Published at : October 2, 2018
Updated at : October 2, 2018 16:23
Kathmandu

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