Food prices in Russia and their change for the year, data for December 2021

Food prices in RUSSIA in December 2021, compared to December 2020, show a significant increase. AB-Center analyzed the dynamics of 121 products, of which only 3 products show a decrease. At the same time, an increase in food prices by more than 25% is observed in 9 goods, more than 10% - in 73 goods.

it should be noted that inflation in the country for the year (if we compare December 2020 and December 2021), according to the inflation calculator on the level-inflation.rf website, amounted to 9.29%. Price growth above the inflation rate is shown by 82 goods out of 121.

Leaders in rising food prices

To a greater extent, the increase in prices for the year, according to AB-Center, affected such food products as: white cabbage (+151.9%), potatoes (+59.8%), table beet (+47.5%), garlic (+42.6%), carrots (34.9%), dried fruits (+29.2%), buckwheat groats (+28.9%), nuts (+27.4%) and chilled and frozen chickens (+26.1%).

Food products showing price increases of more than 10%

In addition to the goods of the first group, a significant strengthening of prices (by 10% and more) in the AB-Center is noted for mayonnaise, beef liver, margarine, salmon caviar, domestic, chicken legs, frozen squid, peas and beans, chilled and frozen cut salmon breeds, salted herring, culinary products from poultry, oatmeal and pearl barley, onion, live and chilled fish, pasta from wheat FLOUR of the highest grade, lamb (except for boneless MEAT), salted, pickled and smoked fish, pork (except for boneless meat ), chicken eggs, vermicelli, national cheeses and feta cheese, canned fish natural and with the addition of butter, beef (except for boneless meat), cookies, wheat flour, marshmallows and marshmallows, salted herring fillet, dumplings, manti and ravioli, semolina, canned food fish in tomato sauce,semi-smoked and boiled-smoked sausage, muffins and rolls, cream ice cream, minced meat, boneless pork, butter, boneless beef, canned tomato, processed cheeses,condensed MILK with SUGAR, gingerbread, oatmeal "Hercules", bakery products made from high-grade flour piece, polished rice, canned meat for baby food, curd cheese glazed with chocolate, turkey meat, sausages and sausages, granulated sugar, jam, jam and jam, lamb products, bread made from rye flour and from a mixture of rye and wheat flour, boiled sausage, carbonated drinks, whole sterilized drinking milk 2.5-3.2% fat, caramel, bread and bakery products made from wheat flour 1 and 2 varieties, smoked sausage, cakes, sour cream, bread and bakery products made from premium wheat flour, soft sweets glazed with chocolate, cereals (breakfast powder), green tea, fermented milk products.

Food products showing price increases above the rate of inflation

In addition to the products listed above in the first and second groups of goods, the following products show an increase in prices above the inflation rate (9.29%): fish fillets, smoked meats, frozen vegetables, canned fruit and berries for baby food, natural canned and pickled vegetables, ketchup, fat cottage cheese , mineral and drinking water, whole pasteurized drinking milk 2.5-3.2% fat.

Food products whose prices rise below the rate of inflation

Price growth below the inflation rate (lower than 9.29%), according to AB-Center, was noted for sunflower oil, natural chocolate sweets and with additives, canned meat, hard and soft rennet cheeses, bananas, pears, long leaf black tea , cocoa, canned vegetables for baby food, low-fat cottage cheese, whole frozen shrimp, grape table wine (dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet) with a strength of up to 14% vol. ALCOHOL and a content of up to 8% sugar, fortified grape wine with a strength of up to 20% vol. alcohol, chopped frozen fish (except for salmon species), yogurt, salted and smoked fish delicacy products, grapes, domestic sparkling wine, whole frozen fish, bagged black tea, natural coffee beans and ground, OLIVE OIL, natural instant coffee, natural bee honey, chocolate, table SALT, black pepper (peas), fresh tomatoes, fruit juices, fresh cucumbers, lemons, domestic beer, coffee in fast food organizations, beer of foreign brands, vodka with a strength of 40% vol. alcohol and above, cognac ordinary domestic.

Annual inflation in Russia accelerated to 8.64% 

Food items that have dropped in price

As for the price reduction, it affected such products as apples (-5.3%), oranges (-5.0%) and millet (-4.7%).