11.   Bread is an essential commodity in Egypt, with the round, brown loaves providing a large share of the calories consumed by many poor families.

12.   Bread is an essential commodity in Egypt, with the round, brown loaves providing a large share of the calories consumed by many poorer families.

13.   Bulog has a monopoly on the supply of essential commodities including rice, salt, wheat flour and cooking oils.

14.   Each day essential commodity prices go higher and higher while the rupiah drops lower and lower.

15.   Drivers said that since the economic crisis took a grip last July, their incomes had dropped drastically in real terms while prices of essential commodities continued to skyrocket.

16.   Essential commodities such as bread are exempt.

17.   Food supplies have become scarce and the prices of essential commodities, including rice, the staple food, have shot up.

18.   Government policies discriminate against minorities when such essential commodities such as rice and gasoline are distributed, he added.

19.   He said Iraq needed at least that amount to meet its immediate needs for essential commodities like food and medicine.

20.   He said the agency would be able to supply enough essential commodities to the market at reasonable prices.