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In the first week of this year, compared to the first week of quarantine, the price of pasta increased by 13.1%, boneless meat by 11.5% and hard fermented cheese by 8.6%. At that time, the price of boneless pork ham fell 18 percent, boiled sausages 14.9 percent, and caged chicken eggs 13.9 percent, according to the Center for Agricultural Information and Rural Business, reported the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).
In the stores of the large supermarkets, the prices of basic foods became more expensive than they became.
Evaldas Pranckevičius, Head of Program, Project Management and Analysis Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, states that in the first week of this year, compared to the last weeks of December and the first quarantine, there were no significant changes both in prices minimal as in average prices.
“However, since the beginning of the first quarantine, the percentage of products that have become more expensive in the first week of the new year has decreased,” E. Pranckevičius said in the report.
Of all those observed since the beginning of the first quarantine, 24 products have risen in price, 44 have fallen and the prices of four more have remained stable.
In the segment of 20 basic necessities, the prices of eight products have increased since the beginning of the first quarantine, 11 – decreased and the others have not changed. The majority, almost 16.5 percent. – black bread became more expensive, edible sunflower oil – 13.4 percent. and light bread: 11.5 percent.
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