Food prices in Russia and their change for the week and month, data as of April 03, 2023

Food prices in Russia and their change for the week and month, data as of April 03, 2023
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Weekly food price change

Food items that have risen in price over the week

To a greater extent, the increase in prices for the week, according to AB-Center, affected such food products as fresh cucumbers (+6.3%), fresh tomatoes (+0.6%), bananas (+0.5%), dry mixes dairy products for baby food (+0.5%), polished rice (+0.4%).

Prices also increased for apples (+0.4%), canned vegetables for baby food (+0.4%), chicken eggs (+0.3%), whole frozen fish (+0.3%), cottage cheese (+ 0.3%), lamb on the bone (+0.3%), beef on the bone (+0.2%), bread and bakery products from wheat flour of various varieties (+0.1%), canned meat for baby food (+0.1%), biscuits (+0.1%), premium wheat pasta (+0.1%), vodka (+0.05%), pasteurized milk (+0.04%) , fresh white cabbage (+0.04%), canned fruits and berries for baby food (+0.03%), granulated sugar (+0.03%), margarine (+0.03%), semi-smoked sausage and boiled-smoked (+0.02%), butter (+0.02%).

Food items that have dropped in price in a week

As for the price reduction, it affected onion (-1.0%), buckwheat groats (-0.8%), table beet (-0.7%), potatoes (-0.6%), tea black long leaf (-0.5%), pork on the bone (-0.4%), wheat flour (-0.3%), carrots (-0.3%), chicken meat (-0.2%), boiled sausages (-0.2%), noodles (-0.2%), table salt (-0.1%), hard and soft rennet cheeses (-0.1%), sausages and sausages (-0, 1%), millet (-0.1%), sour cream (-0.02%), sterilized milk (+0.02%), sunflower oil (-0.02%), rye flour bread and flour mixture rye and wheat (-0.01%).

Monthly food price change

Food items that have risen in price in a month

To a greater extent, the increase in prices over the month, according to AB-Center, affected such food products as fresh tomatoes (+11.8%), bananas (+3.7%), chicken eggs (+2.8%), onions (+1.4%) and dry milk formulas for baby food (+1.4%).

Also, the strengthening of prices over the month affected whole frozen fish (+1.3%), apples (+1.2%), granulated sugar (+0.9%), millet (+0.7%), vodka (+0 .6%), polished rice (+0.6%), wheat flour (+0.5%), bread made from rye flour and from a mixture of rye and wheat flour (+0.5%), beef on the bone (+0 .4%), carrots (+0.4%), bread and bakery products made from wheat flour of various varieties (+0.2%), pasteurized milk (+0.1%), canned meat for baby food (+0, 1%), margarine (+0.1%), sour cream (+0.04%).

Food products that have decreased in price in a month

Over the month, the price of fresh cucumbers (-9.1%), potatoes (-2.6%), buckwheat groats (-2.3%), table beet (-1.5%), chicken meat (-2.6% ), 1.5%), fresh white cabbage (-1.4%), table salt (-0.7%), long leaf black tea (-0.7%), canned fruit and berries for baby food (-0. 7%), biscuits (-0.5%), sterilized milk (-0.4%), boiled sausage (-0.2%), canned vegetables for baby food (-0.2%), sausages and sausages ( -0.2%), pasta from wheat flour (-0.2%), sunflower oil (-0.1%), cheeseshard and soft rennet (-0.1%), butter (-0.1%), lamb on the bone (-0.1%), semi-smoked and boiled-smoked sausage (-0.1%), vermicelli (- 0.1%), cottage cheese (-0.04%), pork on the bone (-0.03%).

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