site.btaFood Price Index Up by 0.62% in One Week
A slight increase in the prices of some staple food commodities and a rise in the prices of some fruits and vegetables were observed over the outgoing week, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets reported.
The market index for wholesale food prices in Bulgaria went up by 0.62% to 2.102 points in the outgoing week, the Commission said. The base level of 1 point was set in 2005. All product prices are in BGN per kg unless otherwise specified.
| Product | Old price | New price | % change |
| Greenhouse cucumbers | 3.14 | 2.95 | -6.1% |
| Red peppers | 1.87 | 2.04 | 9.1% |
| Green peppers | 1.68 | 1.75 | 4.2% |
| Potatoes | 1.18 | 1.15 | -2.5% |
| Carrots | 1.21 | 1.18 | -2.5% |
| Cabbage | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.9% |
| Lemons | 3.88 | 3.82 | -1.5% |
| Bananas | 2.70 | 2.72 | 0.7% |
| Grapes | 2.33 | 2.31 | -0.9% |
| Watermelons | 0.50 | 0.55 | 10.0% |
| White brined cheese from cow's milk | 11.29 | 11.30 | 0.1% |
| Vitosha yellow kashkaval cheese | 16.79 | 16.65 | -0.8% |
| Yogurt 3% fat or above (per 400 g) | 1.30 | 1.29 | -0.8% |
| Milk 3% fat (per litre) | 2.27 | 2.32 | 2.2% |
| Chicken | 6.41 | 6.34 | -1.1% |
| Size M eggs (a piece) | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 3.38 | 3.38 | 0.0% |
| Lentils | 4.40 | 4.42 | 0.5% |
| Haricot beans | 4.20 | 4.33 | 3.1% |
| Grade 500 flour | 1.31 | 1.30 | -0.8% |
| Sunflower oil (per litre) | 2.76 | 2.79 | 1.1% |
| Butter (per 125 g) | 2.86 | 2.84 | -0.7% |
| Sugar | 1.98 | 2.00 | 1.0% |
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