{"id":15202,"date":"2026-04-20T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15202"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:57:33","slug":"doma-prices-drops-at-wholesale-so-why-are-retail-prices-still-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/?p=15202","title":{"rendered":"Doma\u00a0prices drops at wholesale \u2014 so why are retail prices still rising?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CCAA&#8217;s latest market analysis reveals that while source and wholesale prices for doma and betel leaf fell by up to 21% between March and April 2026, retail prices in Thimphu actually increased \u2014 a pricing anomaly that is costing consumers. The report unpacks the causes, from inventory cost recovery to price stickiness, and lays out recommendations to protect consumers and strengthen Bhutan&#8217;s\u00a0<em>doma<\/em>\u00a0market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the link to view the report: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Final-Doma-Market-Analysis-Report.pdf\">https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Final-Doma-Market-Analysis-Report.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CCAA&#8217;s latest market analysis reveals that while source and wholesale prices for doma and betel leaf fell by up to 21% between March and April 2026, retail prices in Thimphu actually increased \u2014 a pricing anomaly that is costing consumers. The report unpacks the causes, from inventory cost recovery to price stickiness, and lays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-notifications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15205,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202\/revisions\/15205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccaa.gov.bt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}