Shandong Business Daily·Subao News Network Reporter Xu Xiaoyang
, the potatoes with a purchase price of 1.2 yuan/jin, rose from 1.4 yuan/jin to 2 yuan/jin, and the highest purchase and sales difference rate reached 66.66%. The operator was fined 300,000 yuan. Is it reasonable?
Recently, after "5 kilograms of celery were fined 66,000 yuan", the news that an operator in Daqing, Heilongjiang planned to be fined 300,000 yuan for selling 2 yuan per kilogram of potatoes again shocked netizens.
According to Daqing Evening News, on August 20, law enforcement officers from Daqing Market Supervision Administration found during inspection that Wangsan Potato Business Department in the Agricultural Wholesale City had illegal acts of raising prices. After investigation, the price of potatoes with a purchase price of 1.2 yuan/jin increased from 1.4 yuan/jin to 2 yuan/jin, with the highest purchase and sales difference rate reaching 66.66%. Law enforcement officers believe that Wang Santudou Business Department takes advantage of its business scale and takes advantage of the epidemic to raise prices, seriously disrupting the market operating order, and the circumstances are serious. According to the " Price Law of the People's Republic of China " and "Administrative Penalty Regulations for Price Illegal Acts of ", it is planned to impose a fine of 300,000 yuan on the operator's illegal acts.
In addition, the Daqing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has also announced a batch of cases of price gouging, all of which were daily vegetables that exceeded the highest price difference rate and were fined between 10,000 and 30,000 yuan. The details are as follows:
Daqing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau recently found during inspection that some food operators raised prices and disrupted the normal market supply order, violated the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Administrative Penalty Regulations for Price Illegal Behaviors", and imposed corresponding penalties based on the circumstances of the violation.
1. The cucumber sold at a Mei Fruit and Vegetable Store in Sartu District, Daqing City is priced at 3.5 yuan/catties, priced at 4.58 yuan/catties, priced at , priced at 30.9%; the green onion is priced at 3.5 yuan/catties, priced at 4.58 yuan/catties, priced at 30.9%; the white round onion is priced at 1.2 yuan/catties, priced at 1.58 yuan/catties, priced at 31.7%; the potatoes are priced at 2.2 yuan/kg, priced at 2.88 yuan/catties, priced at 30.9%; the green bamboo shoots are priced at 3.8 yuan/catties, priced at 4.99 yuan/catties, priced at 31.3%, and a penalty of 10,000 yuan is planned.
2. The Dalong eggplant sold at Baihu Jiajia Tesco Supermarket in Sartu District, Daqing City is 2.07 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 2.98 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 43.9%; the average price of potatoes is 1.45 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 1.98 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 36.5%, and a price increase of 20,000 yuan is planned to be fined.
3. The cucumber sold in Huigou Fresh Fresh Supermarket in Daqing High-tech Zone is 5 yuan/jin, priced at 7.98 yuan/jin, priced at 59.6%; the celery is 4 yuan/jin, priced at 6.98 yuan/jin, priced at 74.5%, and a penalty of 20,000 yuan is planned to be imposed.
4. The cabbage sold at Lelin Fresh Life Supermarket in Daqing High-tech Zone is 2 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 2.98 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 49%; the eggplant is 3 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 4.98 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 66%, and a price increase of 20,000 yuan is planned to be fined 20,000 yuan.
5. The oil beans sold at Yingyang Kelong Supermarket in Longfeng District, Daqing City are priced at 5.5 yuan/jin, priced at 8.98 yuan/jin, with a price increase rate of 63.27%, and a penalty of 10,000 yuan is planned.
6. The potatoes sold at Jiubao Fruit and Vegetable Supermarket in Ranghulu District, Daqing City are priced at 2 yuan/jin, priced at 3 yuan/jin, with a price increase of 50%, and a penalty of 5,000 yuan is planned.
7. The potatoes sold at Fengzeyuan Qingguo Fresh Supermarket in Ranghulu District, Daqing City are priced at 1.3 yuan/jin, priced at 1.88 yuan/jin, with a price increase rate of 44.6%, and a penalty of 10,000 yuan is planned.
8. The purchase price of the corner melons sold in the Hope Qingguo Fresh Supermarket in Ranghulu District, Daqing City is 1.34 yuan/jin, priced at 1.98 yuan/jin, priced at 47.76%; the purchase price of cowpea is 3.4 yuan/jin, priced at 4.98 yuan/jin, priced at 46.47%; the purchase price of broccoli is 3.65 yuan/jin, priced at 4.98 yuan/jin, priced at 36.44%; the purchase price of screw pepper is 3.7 yuan/jin, priced at 4.98 yuan/jin, priced at 34.59%, and a penalty of 30,000 yuan is planned.
Potatoes with a price of 2 yuan were fined 300,000 yuan? The news caused heated discussion among netizens. Many netizens thought that the punishment was too severe:
"1.2 purchase price, bad, residual, water loss, soil on potatoes, plus artificial, 2 yuan for conscientious price "
" This is a bit too much! As a consumer, the price is reasonable "
" As a consumer, everyone thinks that such a selling price is not high, everyone I know that the vegetables are very damaged, "
Some netizens believe that the punishment is too severe and should be fined:
Daqing Market Supervision Bureau responded: Reasonable fine
htmlOn August 31, a reporter from Shandong Business Daily Subao News Network contacted the Daqing Market Supervision Bureau. Regarding the fine, a staff member said: "He is a wholesaler. According to the judicial announcement issued by the Heilongjiang Provincial Command for Response to the New Coronavirus Infection, it is necessary to ensure that the market prices during the new coronavirus infection are basically stable, crack down on price gouging, and effectively maintain market order. The announcement requires that if the purchase and sales difference exceeds 30%, the market supervision departments at all levels shall raise them accordingly Price behaviors shall be acted in accordance with the law, and shall be punished strictly, severely, and quickly in accordance with the law. "
In addition, the staff member said that the "Administrative Penalty Regulations for Price Illegal Acts of Article 40, Paragraph 1 of the Price Law of the People's Republic of China" shall be ordered to correct one of the following acts to promote the rapid and high rise of goods, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine of not less than 5 times the illegal income; if the income is not confiscated, a fine of not less than 500,000 or less than 500,000 yuan, and if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not more than 500,000 yuan and not more than 3 million yuan will be imposed.
"The penalties are reasonable, and this is an important basis for ensuring people's livelihood. In the early stage of the epidemic, people can buy groceries cheaply. If they do not attack from the source, will they rise higher and higher when it comes to the mid-range and back-end (price)?" the staff member responded.
