Somehow you sense that the industry that provides another essential commodity - good-value investments - can no longer withstand a shake-up.

Since developers can do nothing without this essential commodity, they'll fight tooth and nail to get it - paying top dollar, perhaps over the odds.

As imports are largely made up of essential commodities and food, the import bill will tend to reduce.

Although the move helped maintain stocks of essential commodities in the capital and in provincial centers, supplies were small relative to demand.

Prices of essential commodities rose to unprecedented heights.