Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on Thursday said no artificial crisis will be allowed in the supply chain of food and other essentials.
“Demand and supply should be brought in balance through increasing the production and involving more people in trading line,” he said, adding that the market would not be left hostage to few traders.
The adviser made the remark while addressing a views exchange meeting on the overall market situation at the circuit house auditorium in Chattogram this morning, reports BSS.
The adviser urged the traders to change their traditional system of transactions, requesting them to keep the memos of transactions from wholesale to retail level.
“Transactions should be transparent. We want to ensure that no one manipulates the market,” the adviser said.
“Our goal is not to label any individual as a criminal, but no one will be allowed to destabilize the market,” he added.
The commerce adviser said many middlemen are making brisk business by selling the delivery order (DO) and supply order (SO) only.
They are doing business virtually without handling any goods physically; he said adding that a tendency has grown in their mind to earn profit by selling DO or SO only.
The business leaders should shun this tendency, Bashir said, adding, “None would be allowed to disrupt the supply chain.”
Chattogram Divisional Commissioner M Tofael Islam presided over the meeting.
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