The government’s market information system was established in 2000 as an Internet portal with the aim of providing easy access to daily prices and arrivals by commodity. The operating budget is some US$ 900,000 per year (which does not include enumerators’ salaries but does cover the US$ 11 monthly bonus if 20 daily reports are submitted). The system reports on 1,700 markets. The Internet site receives some 1.75 million hits per year at a public cost of US$ 0.5 each.