Trybuna Pratsy, July 15, 2026, 14:22. The press service of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade told BELTA about the areas in which the ministry worked in the first half of the year.

At the end of the six-month period, the price level in the republic reached a historic low for this time period: the consumer price index was 2.9%, for food products — 1.8%, non-food products — 1.5%, and services — 6.7%.

MART approved maximum ex-factory prices for more than 860 medicines (taking into account forms and dosages).

In order to protect the domestic market, MART developed a cooperation agreement on improving the efficiency of sales of domestically produced goods, which was joined by 1,060 business entities, government bodies, and concerns. Nine seminars on promoting domestic products were held. As part of the project “Every Friday — Our Own,” 30 unique events were organized. Under the preferential lending program “For Domestic Goods,” the volume of loans issued reached 182.8 million rubles.

As part of control and analytical work, more than 2,800 measures were carried out, a total of more than 1,400 recommendations and orders were issued, and 304 protocols were drawn up. The amount of fines (including materials from previous years) amounted to 83 thousand rubles.

In the field of public procurement, more than 70 complaints were reviewed, and violations totaling 67.4 million rubles were prevented.

Also in the first half of the year, MART registered about 60 promotional games, sent 10 orders to the Ministry of Information to restrict access to websites, and issued more than 4,400 licenses within the framework of customs and tariff regulation.

“The effectiveness of work is largely determined by the quality of feedback from society. MART reviewed more than 5,800 appeals, among which the largest share concerns consumer rights protection (30%), procurement (25%), advertising and prices (15%), trade (10%), and others. To improve the legal literacy of businesses and citizens, 26 seminars were held, where current legislative norms and best industry practices were discussed,” the agency said.