Bakeries and ovens associations: we are committed to the Ministry’s decision to allow it to be modified

The Federation of Bakery and Oven Associations announced, in a statement, that it is “important that public opinion be informed of the stages carried out by the contacts between the Federation and the Ministry of Economy and Commerce regarding the study of the cost of manufacturing of bread through a special committee in which the ministries and unions of ovens were represented. ” After many rounds to carry out this study, which should be fair for everyone, and based on the results achieved by the committee, a meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday, April 26, 2020, in the presence of the Minister of Economics Raoul Naamah, Acting Director General of the Office of Cereals and Sugar Beets, Nadine Aoun, former President of the Kazem Ibrahim Federation, Vice President Ali Ibrahim, Captain Antoine Saif and his deputy Asaad Bou Habib, and agreed to limit the weight of the 900 gram bread package at 1,500 Lebanese pounds, have the decision printed and reach this content the same day, and 3,850 Lebanese pounds were approved as a price for the US dollar.

The statement continued: “In the afternoon, the Vice President of the Federation, Ali Ibrahim, through an audio message from the Director General of the Office for Grain and Beet Diabetes, reported the content of this decision to be issued on Monday, knowing that this decision was also distributed to the mayor of ElgPerry and the head of the Union of Municipalities of Dahiya, who reports on the content of the decision in the Ministry.

The Union was surprised that “this decision was not issued on Monday, April 28, as agreed, to be surprised by its issuance a week later in violation of the agreement in light of a further increase in the dollar exchange rate at a rate of 500 Lebanese pounds, and faced with the new reality, and after the issuance of the unfair decision against the owners of the ovens, the Union announces the commitment Its content should be allowed in the field to be modified according to what was agreed at the meeting from the government palace.