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Appliance activists demand to change pricing method.

Sunday, July 9, 2023

The Secretary General of Iran Home Appliance Industry Association said that the cost plus method currently used in the supporting organization is not correct and said: According to this method, the higher the product cost per unit, the higher the profit, therefore, this method should be used. In an interview with Isna, Abbas Hashemi, referring to price issues for the production sector, added: In economically prosperous countries, we have seen correct models and knowledge-based methods and their results. Pricing cannot be applied to the final product in a situation where the exchange rate and the price of domestic raw materials are not under control and, in some cases, are subject to world prices.

He said that if prices are to be free, it should continue until the last chain of the process, and clarified: Currently, it is necessary to strengthen the purchasing power of the people. According to the general secretary of the Household Appliances Industry Association, the government can monitor the market without taking over.
Stating that the Supporting Organization's pricing rules need to be changed, he said: The cost plus method that is currently used in the Supporting Organization is not correct. According to this method, the higher the unit cost of the product, the higher the profit. This method needs to be changed. Hashemi also said that inflation in the home appliance sector is lower than other sectors, but decisions should not be made in such a way as to reduce the share of this industry in the total value added of the industry. 'industry. According to this report, until the beginning of 1401, the process of pricing goods was such that changing the price of 50 basic, sensitive and essential goods included in the previous pricing required legal proceedings. Basically, these 50 goods, which included red meat, chicken meat, dairy products, motor oil, clothing and household appliances, were basic necessities that played a major role in the shopping basket. of the household according to the support organization. Therefore, if a producer or product owner wishes to change the price of these 50 pens, they must first submit the documentation of the price change to the supporting organization for notification to the expert. then to head office market regulation so that people can raise the price. However, in August last year, a letter from Hossein Farhidzadeh, the head of the producer and consumer support organization, was published to MPs in the Ministry of Security, according to which it was decided to request a increase in the prices of goods in the specialized offices of the Ministry of Security and Agricultural Jihad, the support organization, the government's economic commission and the regulatory headquarters. The contract should be examined and approved and finally approved by the president . This case was declared dismissed shortly after the letter was published; But subsequent statements by officials show that some of its measures are being implemented.

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