2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The market price index, which affects the value of wholesale food, rose 0.69 percent this week to 1,449 points. This was announced by the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets, announcing what changes will occur in the prices of basic food products.
For example, it turns out that a kilogram of imported greenhouse tomatoes will be sold for BGN 1.63. In the case of greenhouse cucumbers, the price per kilogram will be BGN 3.06. Potatoes are cheaper by 4.2 percent and a kilogram of them will cost 68 cents wholesale. On the other hand, carrots and cabbage are becoming more expensive.
For the former, the price increase is 12.9 percent, which means that a kilogram of orange vegetables will be traded for BGN 1.05. The increase in the price of cabbage is 6 percent and a kilo of it will be sold for 53 stotinki. Lettuce is cheaper by 17.8 percent and a bunch of it is now sold for 74 cents.
Cheaper this week is observed in apples. Their price drops by 6.1 percent and a kilogram of them will be sold for BGN 1.23. The price of lemons is BGN 2.12 / kg. Oranges fell by 4.1 percent to BGN 1.16 per kilogram.
For mandarins the price per kilogram is BGN 1.45, and for bananas - BGN 2.17. The ripe beans are traded for BGN 3.50 / kg. A kilo of flour type 500 costs 77 stotinki. The price of sugar is BGN 1.57 per kilogram. The market price of the oil is BGN 2.06 per liter.
There is also a change in the value of food products of animal origin. Frozen chicken meat is already trading at BGN 3.58 / kg, after rising by 1 percent. Egg is traded for 20 stotinki.
A kilo of minced meat costs BGN 4.60. A kilogram of cow's cheese sells for BGN 5.68 after falling by 0.7 percent. Vitosha yellow cheese is sold at the markets for BGN 9.92 / kg.
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