The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) has announced that it is closely monitoring the prices of cement bags in the market amid media reports that manufacturers have increased prices in Luzon.

DTI-Consumer Protection Group officer-in-charge lawyer Victorio Mario Dimagiba said their teams will daily monitor over the next two weeks the prices of cement bags and issue show-cause orders, if necessary, to retailers, manufacturers, importers and distributors of cement to explain the sudden increase in their prices.

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