“At present, about seven thousand participants have already joined the agreements for each agreement.

The registers are constantly being updated ... After the signing of the agreements, there is a trend towards a decrease in the cost of sugar and butter, "RIA Novosti quotes the ministry's message.

According to Rosstat, as Interfax informed, granulated sugar became the leader in the growth of consumer prices for food in Russia in 2020.

During the year, sugar rose in price by 64.54%.

Sunflower oil prices increased by 25.91%.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Viktor Evtukhov said that about 60 large companies in Russia are ready to sign an agreement to stabilize food prices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the rise in food prices unacceptable and demanded that the ministers not tell him stories, but promptly respond to such situations.