BUJUMBURA, April 2nd (ABP) – On Thursday 27 March 2025, the Ministry of Trade, Transport, Industry and Tourism made public, through ministerial order No. 750/1234, the price scale for food products making up the household basket.
The Ministry of Trade has set a minimum price of 4,000 BIF and a maximum price of 5,000 BIF for one kg of locally produced white rice; between 5,000 BIF and 7,000 BIF for 1 kg of imported white rice; between BIF 4,500 and BIF 6,000 for 1 kg of yellow dry beans; and between 2,500 BIF and 3,500 BIF for 1 kg of dry beans/mixed grains; 1 kg of local dry peas between 4,000 and 8,000 BIF; 1 kg of fresh peas between 3,000 BIF and 6,000 BIF; 1 kg of locally produced white maize between 1,700 BIF and 2,100 BIF; 1 kg of ground industrial maize meal (without husk) between 3,000 BIF and 4,000 BIF and 1 kg of maize meal (with husk) between 1,900 BIF and 2,500 BIF.
In the same vein, the Ministry has set the price of a kg of dry cassava flour (ikivunde) at a minimum of 2,800 BIF and a maximum of 4,000 BIF; 1 kg of dry cassava flour (inyange) at 1,500 BIF and a maximum of 1,700 BIF; 1 kg of local sweet potato at between 700 and 1,300 BIF; 1 kg of potato at between 1,000 and 1,800 BIF; 1 kg of fresh manioc tubers at between 1,000 BIF and 1,500 BIF; 1 kg of sweet bananas (igisahira) at between 1,000 and 2,000 BIF; 1 kg of small local aubergines (intore) at between 1,500 BIF and 2,500 BIF; 1 kg of fresh local tomatoes at between 2,000 and 4,000 BIF; 1 kg of white onions and 1 kg of locally produced red onions at between 1,000 and 3,000 BIF.
One kilogram of bone-in meat (cangacanga) and one kilogram of boneless meat (umusoso) were set at minimum prices of BIF 20,000 and 22,000 BIF and maximum prices of 25,000 BIF and BIF 28,000 respectively, while one kilogram of local dry ndagara was set at a minimum price of 20,000 BIF and a maximum price of 60,000 BIF.
The ministry responsible for price regulation has set the price of one litre of unrefined palm oil (produced locally) at between 4,000 BIF and 5,000 BIF; 1 litre of COOKI oil (from SAVONOR) at between 10,000 and 13,000 BIF; 1 litre of sunflower oil (amahoke) produced locally at between 10,000 and 18,000 BIF and 1 litre of cow’s milk at between 1,500 BIF and 3,000 BIF.
A kilogram of locally produced white granulated sugar (by SOSUMO) has been set at BIF 6,000; imported sugar at 6,000 BIF to 8,000 BIF and 1 kg of unpackaged cooking salt (not fine) at 1,000 BIF to 2,000 BIF.
Onésime Niyukuri, spokesman for the ministry in charge of trade, explained at a public broadcast hosted by the spokesmen of public institutions on Friday 28 March 2025 in the capital of Rumonge province that the difference between the minimum and maximum prices of each product mentioned in the ministerial order had been established to allow traders to set competitive prices without exceeding the scale.
Niyukuri took the opportunity to call on the administrative authorities and the forces of law and order to enforce those prices, which were set taking into account the efforts made by the producer and after consultations with the various stakeholders.