National Bank of Kazakhstan

07/14/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2021 21:23

Single database on food prices launched in Kazakhstan

In June this year the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan launched in a pilot mode the Eprice.gov.kz platform, whose main task is formation of a unified database on prices for socially significant food products (SSFP) and formation of an interactive environment for data visualization, Kazpravda.kz refers to the MTI official website.

This will enable real-time monitoring of the prices of socially significant food products and, in general, analyze their change in regions.

One of these data sources is Derekhub.kz service- an information system, which is a convenient tool for monitoring groups and where data on 19 names of food products and medicines are entered in the context of regions.

The formation of the system is supposed to be carried out by integrating various data sources. It is planned to collect and analyze data from the information systems of the National Statistics Bureau of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, etc.

Source: Казахстанская правда