site.btaWholesale Prices of Most Basic Foods, Fruits and Vegetables Rise in a Week

The market index for wholesale food prices in Bulgaria went up by 0.42% to 2.167 points in the outgoing week, show data released by the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets on Sunday. Last week, the index stood at 2.158 points.

The base level of 1 point was set in 2005.

All vegetables monitored by the State Commissioned appreciated, excluding carrots, which went down by 2.8% to BGN 1.17/kg. Greenhouse cucumbers went up by 12.2% to BGN 3.23/kg, greenhouse tomatoes by 4.6% to BGN 3.49/kg, onions by 2.3% to BGN 1.09/kg, garlic by 0.2% to BGN 5.73/kg. Potatoes rose by 1% to BGN 1.21/kg, cabbage by 12.1% to BGN 1.28/kg, and lettuce by 4.2% to BGN 1.05/kg.

The biggest drop in the price of fruit was observed in tangerines - 11.7% to BGN 2.57/kg, followed by oranges, which were 7.4% cheaper and were sold at BGN 2.29/kg. Grapefruits also dropped by 1.6% to BGN 2.46/kg. Apples were again more expensive, this time by 4% to BGN 1.84/kg, with a similar increase in the price of lemons by 4.3% to BGN 2.32/kg. The increase in bananas was minimal - 0.2% to BGN 2.74/kg.

The price of white brined cheese from cow's milk went up by 1.2% to BGN 11.39/kg and that of yellow kashkaval cheese of the Vitosha type gained 0.1% to BGN 17.23/kg.

Yoghurt (with a fat content of 3% and over) depreciated by 2.3% to BGN 1.28 for a cup of 400 grams. Milk (3% fat content) rose by 0.1% to BGN 2.42 per litre.

The price of poultry went down by 1.2% to BGN 6.28/kg. Eggs (size M) went up by 0.6% to BGN 0.33 per piece.

Rice went down by 1% to BGN 3.31/kg, lentils rose by 11.6% to BGN 4.81/kg and dry beans traded at BGN 4.37/kg or up by 0.4%.

Sugar lost 0.6% to BGN 1.93/kg, and cooking oil 2.1% to BGN 3.02 per litre. The price of cow's butter (125 g stick) went down by 0.7% to BGN 3.05. Flour (Grade 500) depreciated by 3.8% to BGN 1.28/kg.