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AThe New Year is approaching and, as usual, many are already counting what they will spend (or save) in 2021. The Minute news produced a guide with the main changes in prices, from bread to milk and tobacco, to bill gives electricity.
- Bread could cost more in 2021 with an increase in the minimum wage and the price of flour
Bread could get more expensive in 2021, reflecting OR increase in raw material costs and increase in minimum wages, provided the bakery industry, except that the weight and price of this product are free.
By looking at the economic and financial situation of the country, as we talk about increasing the national minimum wage until 2021 and gradually increasing the price of raw materials, we can perspetize what that will be reflected in the price of bread“, said the Association of Commerce and Industry of Bakery, Pastry and Similar Products (ACIP), in response to Lusa.
However the ACIP pointed that out It is up to each company to make this decision., taking into account that “the price and weight of the bread are free”, adding that the pandemic obligated companies of the sector a optimize your processes to produce more efficiently and with less waste.
- The price of milk should not change in 2021
The price of milk should not change in early 2021, said the National Federation of Cooperatives of Milk Producers (Fenalac) to ECO. However, the increase in the minimum wage and the increase in the prices of raw materials for animal feed can be seen as factors pressure to raise prices.
Even so, the Portuguese Association of Milk Producers (APROLEP) defended the rise in the price of milk to the producer, in a year in which they continued working despite pandemic, but where the price was below the European average.
- Tobacco increases 10 cents per pack
The price of a packet of tobacco is expected to rise 10 cents in 2021, according to the consultant’s accounts Deloitte, based on the 2021 State Budget proposal (OE2021).
According to the analysis of Deloitte, next year, the IT calculation formula will be changed [imposto sobre o tabaco], which now considers the weighted average price of cigarettes released for consumption between 01 December of year n-2 [2019] and the 30 of November of year n-1 [2020]”.
Therefore, the consultant concludes that “this change It involves a tax increase of around 0.05 euros for each pack of cigarettes., What, predictably, will correspond to a increase of 0.10 euros in the sale price to the public of the same pack “.
- Final lines of added value in customer service
MEPs approved a PAN proposal that Avoid using value-added lines as the only form of contact. between consumers and service providers, in particular insurance and financial services contracts.
It is a measure that begins to prevent providers of goods and services from make available “special value-added numbers with the prefix ‘7’, for telephone contact of consumers or clients “or” only special numbers, nomadic numbers with the prefix ’30’ or blue numbers with the prefix ‘808’ “for telephone contact of consumers or clients.
- Rentals remain next year
If you live in a rented home, this is good news. The inflation rate was zero in August, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (OTHER), which means that inflation will dictate that rentals will continue next year. The average change in Index Consumer’s price index (CPI) in the last 12 months, excluding housing, was -0.03%.
By law, rental values are generally subject to updates annual fees that apply automatically according to inflation. The new urban leasing regime (NRAU) stipulates that or OTHER is that it has the responsibility of determining the coefficient of to update income, which must be recorded in a notice that will be published in the Diário da República until 30 October every year to become effective.
Last year, it should be noted that to update dictated an increase of 0.51% in the value of rents, a growth that is already less pronounced than the previous year (1.15%).
- Families can save up to 30 euros a year in bill of the light
According to simulations of the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE), the combined effect of the 0.6% reduction in tariffs in 2021 and the VAT 13% save between 20 and 30 euros a year in bill of electricity.
The price of electricity for low voltage end customers will fall 0.6% next year, ERSE announced, after October they have proposed that the rates remain unchanged.
In a statement, the regulator said that “for consumers who remain in the regulated market (around 5% of total consumption and less than 1 million customers) or who, being in the free market, have opted for a similar rate, the variation in sales rates to end customers at normal low voltage (BTN) is -0.6% “.
- Toll prices will remain
Toll prices in roads should to continue in 2021, taking into account that the annual inflation rate, without housing, in October was negative (-0.17%).
The formula that establishes the way in which the increase in the price of tolls is calculated each year establishes that the variation to be practiced each year is based on the annual inflation rate without housing in the continent verified in the last month of which it is available of data. of 15 November, term for concessionaires to communicate to the Government their price proposals for the following year.
The stabilization of toll prices in 2020 and 2021 follows four consecutive years of increases: in 2019, tolls in roads increased 0.98%, after increases of 1.42% in 2018, 0.84% in 2017 and 0.62% in 2016.
- And public transport too
Public transport prices collective passengers will remain unchanged in 2021, according to information released by the Mobility and Transportation Authority (AMT).
Travel prices on the Alfa Pendular are a exception increasing 0.5% as of January 1 janeiro.
Thus, for example, a one-way trip on the Alfa Pendular between Lisbon and Braga, will go from 48.50 euros (in comfort class) and 34.20 euros (tourist), to 48.80 euros and 34.40 euros, respectively.
- And telecommunications?
A Not us to update prices in 2021, according to Lusa, the official source of the operator, while Vodafone told Lusa that “similarly to what happened last year, there are no expected increases generalized prices. “
A MEO says it will carry out a to update basic monthly fee in rates / packages, with effect from 1 janeiro 2021, in accordance with the contractually, and covered clients expired and timely informed.
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