Experts named products prices for which increase significantly during the quarantine

Consumer prices for buckwheat increased the most during the quarantine.

Agro-Center tells more about it.

Comment: “In general, consumer prices in April increased by 0.8% compared to March, and prices for food increased by 2.2%. This once again confirms that buckwheat is extremely sensitive to the domestic market product, the price for which is determined mainly by psychological factors,” said the director of the National Research Center “, – Institute of Agrarian Economics” Yuri Lupenko.

Details: In April 2020, compared to March of this year, average consumer prices for buckwheat increased by 17.99%. This was reported in the release of the National Research Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics”.

It is reported that the highest average consumer price for buckwheat in April 2020 was recorded in Donetsk (40.30 UAH/kg), Cherkasy (39.21 UAH/kg), and Kyiv (39.16 UAH/kg) regions. The cheapest buckwheat was sold in Dnipropetrovsk (32.92 UAH/kg) and Ternopil (32.96 UAH/kg) regions, and in Kyiv (33.35 UAH/kg).

Among other food products, the largest increase in prices in April was recorded for potatoes (+14.43%), white cabbage (+12.89%), and apples (+11.27%). Prices for chicken fillets (-14.21%), poultry (chicken carcasses) (-13.51%), lard (-1.46%) and millet (-1.22%) decreased compared to March.

Source: Chas-Diy

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