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\u2022 A sachet of water, popularly known as \u2018pure water\u2019 will be sold for 40 pesewas from the current 20 pesewas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The association added that a bag of sachet water, 500ml \u00d7 30pcs, will now sell at GHC 4.50 from the retail trucks and thus, Mini shops will now retail a bag of sachet at GHC 6 per bag minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The 500ml bottled water will also be sold for GHS1.50 from the current GHS1.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The 750ml or medium size iced bottled water should be sold at GHS2.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 It was also recommended that the 1.5L or large bottled water be sold at GHC 3.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are looking at the 0.5-litre bottle, that one will go to 1.5, and the medium size which is 750ml will now sell for GHS 2, and the sachet will go to 40 pesewas per iced sachet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The price of sachet water has remained at 20 pesewas for more than six years. Previous statements from the association in 2016 and 2018 to the effect of a price increment has not been carried through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese reviews take effect from Monday, December 27, 2021\u201d The Association stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An earlier statement issued by the association said there may be slight variations in the price across regions due to haulage costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President of the National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers, Magnus Nunoo, said the price change has been necessitated by the increasing cost of production including the cost of fuel, vehicle spare parts and imported packaging materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement published by the association, it quoted that, \u201cA bag of sachet water, 500ml by 30pcs, will now sell at GHC 4.50 from the retail trucks. Mini shops will now retail a bag of sachet at GHC 6 per bag minimum. These reviews take effect from Monday, December 27, 2021. The price reviews have been necessitated by the rising cost of inputs such as fuel, vehicle spare parts and packaging materials which are mainly imported. In our previous review, the Ghana Cedi to the dollar was in the region of GHC 4.50. Currently, it is inching up to GHC 6.50. Fuel prices have also significantly gone up since our last review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRegrettably, fuel price reviews attract a lot of public outcries anytime the government imposes the slightest tax on it. However, the public turns a blind eye to taxes on bottled water, which account for the high price.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cConsumers have to bear. In the past, producers bore part or all of these huge taxes just to survive, especially in the wake of imported bottled water most of which evade these taxes, but it is becoming increasingly unsustainable for the local water industry. It has become necessary that some of these indirect taxes, production, and distribution costs, be passed on to the consumer”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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