Most vegetables in the markets in Bulgaria are significantly more expensive this week, while fruit prices are moving downwards. This is according to data from the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT).
The Market Price Index (MPI), which reflects the movement of food prices wholesale in Bulgaria, rises by 0.45 percent to 2.459 points compared to 2.448 points a week earlier. The base level of the index (1.000 points) is from 2005.
Among vegetables, the biggest increase is for peppers, with green peppers up 46.07 percent to 1.82 euros per kilogram, and red peppers up 33.33 percent to 2.04 euros per kilogram. The price of zucchini is also significantly higher, increasing by 19.97 percent to 1.85 euros per kilogram. Potatoes are also more expensive - by 5.69 percent to 0.52 euros per kilogram, ripe onion - by 4.17 percent to 0.50 euros per kilogram, cucumbers – by 2.1 percent to 2.24 euros per kilogram, and tomatoes - by 1.5 percent to 1.90 euros per kilogram.
Only cabbage is cheaper this week - by 3.76 percent to 0.41 euros per kilogram, and carrots - by 1.38 percent to 0.57 euros per kilogram.
For fruits, a price increase is observed only for tangerines, which are up 0.93 percent and are traded at 1.30 euros per kilogram. Apples are the most depreciated - by 9.69 percent to 1.10 euros per kilogram. They are followed by oranges, which are down 7.56 percent to 1.15 euros per kilogram. The difference is insignificant for bananas and lemons, which are respectively 0.82 and 0.12 percent cheaper and are traded at 1.45 and 1.64 euros per kilogram.
The price of cow's cheese rises by 2.33 percent to 6.06 euros per kilogram, and that of Kashkaval type "Vitosha" - by 1.7 percent to 9.55 euros per kilogram. Yogurt (3 and over 3 percent fat content) retains its price from last week and sells for 0.70 euros per 400 g cup, while fresh milk is more expensive by 0.98 percent to 1.24 euros per liter. The price of cow's butter (a package of 125 grams) is also higher and is traded at 1.67 euros per piece, which is an increase of 9.87 percent.
Frozen chicken meat becomes more expensive by 1.59 percent to 3.57 euros per kilogram, while eggs (size M) retain their value and are traded at 0.22 euros per piece wholesale.
The price of rice is down 1.31 percent to 1.66 euros per kilogram. Oil is also cheaper, which retreats by 1.52 percent to 1.68 euros per liter. The price of flour type 500 jumps by 5.67 percent to 0.82 euros per kilogram, and that of sugar - by 2.22 percent to 0.92 euros per kilogram. Ripe beans are also more expensive this week – by 4.03 percent to 2.22 euros per kilogram, and lentils - by 1.15 percent to 2.12 euros per kilogram.