The government presented Thursday a device to fight against inflation in the overseas territories by which it intends to mobilize all the actors concerned to allow a stabilization, even a fall in the prices of consumer goods and services.
The match has only just begun, declared the Minister Delegate for Overseas Jean-Franois Carenco on Thursday, during the presentation of the device Oudinot of purchasing powerwhich aims to offset inflation overseas, in particular through the blocking the prices of certain products and services.
Negotiations have thus been conducted at the local level through the prefects, in order to conduct reinforced agreements on price moderation, based on the pre-existing system of the Shield quality price (BQP), according to a document from the Ministry of the Interior. and overseas.
Created in 2017, the BQP sets, through annual negotiations, the price of a basket of basic necessities in the overseas departments and regions (DROM), adapted according to the eating habits of each territory. With the return of inflation and the implementation of the Oudinot approach to purchasing power, the BQP baskets were enriched with more products and players, forming the BQP+.
In Guadeloupe, the maximum price (from the BQP, editor’s note) is now 299 euros for 106 products, compared to 320 euros last April. Also, six telephone service offers are now offered by three operators, in addition to the 70 new references of non-food products and services included in the BQP+.
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HAS Mayotte, among other things, the dock dues, i.e. the tax applicable to most products imported into the French overseas regions, has been reduced or even eliminated on 11 consumer products, including chicken wings, which constitute the basis of the Maori diet. Among the other commitments made, that of promote local products but also to strengthen the supply of distributor brands, which constitute only 11% of the overseas basket, compared to a third in mainland France.
In Martiniquethe signatories of the Oudinot charter have thus undertaken to offer 30% or more of private label products among their BQP+ products.
Inflation in mainland France stands at 5.6% over one year, compared to 2.7% in Guyana, 3.5% in Guadeloupe, 3.8% in Martinique, 3.9% in Reunion and 4.1% in Mayotte , according to figures from the Minister of the Interior.
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