In his statements on the sidelines of today’s opening ceremony of AB Vassilopoulos’ export hub at the Sindos International Airport, Mr. Skrekas said that indeed deflation is being recorded, which means that the measures of the Greek state are slowly easing, but as he added that “we still have a way to go ahead of us until we see the prices on the shelves stabilize overall and de-escalate and thus support Greek households”.
Emphasizing that “we are not complacent until we see shelf prices stabilize and get to where they should be,” Mr. Skrekas expressed his belief that “in the coming months we will see even more price de-escalation in many product categories and in key categories that are necessary for the living of Greek households”.
“We have deflationary tendencies in all products and this seems to be monitored by ELSTAT, which has a time delay. Inflation within two months went from 8.3% to 5.3%”, noted Mr. Skrekas and clarified that “if you look at the individual care categories and the different types of household, we had -2% and -2.5 % inflation, i.e. negative inflation compared to the corresponding period last year”, he emphasized. He added that in March the prices of fruits and vegetables decreased by up to 6%, and in particular a decline was recorded from -2% to -6%, “that is, we had deflation, as also in fish”, he noted.
Regarding the controls, he pointed out that to date they have exceeded 20,000, while fines amounting to 17.5 million euros have been imposed and he emphasized “obviously we will continue the controls, we are not going to stop them. Likewise, the emergency measures taken will continue to be in force, until we see inflation deescalating in other categories as well,” he stressed. He added: “We continue the audits and every day we audit supply companies so that they do not exceed the ceiling on the profit margin that we have established and we impose fines and announce them,” he clarified.
Wanting to argue their position especially with regard to the performance of the measures taken and put into effect by the government, the Minister of Development said: “We see that the measures are slowly paying off and the supermarkets also see it, which records the same volumes as last year, however they have lower turnovers. In fact, while volumes are slightly reduced compared to last year, their turnover is lower, which means that we now have deflation”, he stressed.
Asked if the geopolitical developments and the strike/abstention of the geotechnical workers in our country could hinder the government’s plans for the course of inflation, Mr. Skrekas stated: “Our goal is to deal with the general developments inside and outside the Greek borders and to ensure affordable and competitive prices for products for consumers and households. Geopolitical developments could have an overall impact on inflation at the international level, but we should not be in a hurry because of the latest developments in our neighborhood,” he pointed out.
“We want the Easter basket prices to be at last year’s levels or even lower compared to last year”, Mr. Skrekas emphasized and added that “we have asked all supermarkets that the price of lamb be at last year’s levels or lower. I believe we will succeed,” he said.
Especially for lamb and goat, saying that it will be included in the basket of households, he said: “we think that the price for lamb and goat should be, if not lower, certainly then at 10 euros per kilo”. Regarding the power of the Easter basket for godparents, the Minister of Development pointed out that “they also have the right to have an Easter basket, so that they can support their precious mission of giving joy to their godparents”.
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