The government has decided to induce the prices of the 16 major lunar new year items, including cabbage, radish, pork and mackerel, to be as low as possible compared to last year.
The government held an emergency economy ministers meeting today (4th) and announced the Lunar New Year's Livelihood Stability Measures.
By the 20th, a total of 208,000 tons of the 16th Lunar New Year's celebration products, such as cabbage, radish, beef, and pollock, will be supplied, the largest ever.
It is to increase the supply of agricultural products by 2.2 times and livestock products by 1.3 times compared to normal.
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In order to manage egg supply and demand in line with the spread of avian influenza, 1.21 million fresh eggs from Spain will be imported on a trial basis and supplied to large marts and food ingredient companies, and chick imports will be attempted if necessary.
It is also decided to invest 30 billion won, the largest ever, in agricultural and livestock products discounts.
It was decided to increase the discount amount per discount event by raising the limit of discount support for agricultural and marine products, and to provide discounts by distributors mainly for sexual products.
We also hold an event that refunds up to 30% of purchases of agricultural and marine products at traditional markets with Onnuri gift certificates on site.
The government also intensively encourages additional vaccinations during the winter season and pre-inspects major transportation infrastructure such as roads and railways to prevent severe illness and death in the high-risk group of Corona 19.
Traditional markets and multi-use facilities check electricity and gas and operate 24-hour emergency response centers.
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