With no evidence of the price drops expected since the signing of the Free Trade Agreement the blame game continues. This time it is the Dominican Customs Agency (DGA) pointing the finger.

The DGA says that elimination of tariffs, a stable exchange rate and other measures taken by the Central Government should be benefitting the consumer. Instead consumers continue to pay high prices for food and other high consumption products. According to the Agency the benefits of government measures are not being passed on to the consumer by business and retailers. They accuse business and retailers of fattening their finances at the expense of the consumer and that this behaviour jeopardizes most of the population.

Apparently the government is prepared to adopt measures to confront this problem.