Russia (bbabo.net), - For the week from February 12 to 18, most vegetables again seriously rose in price among basic products, prices increased for all dairy products, but pork and poultry meat again decreased in price, follows from Rosstat data.

Of fruit and vegetable products, cabbage again rose in price the most - by 2.6%. Prices for bananas (2.2%), tomatoes (2%), carrots (1.8%), table beets (1.4%), cucumbers (1%), apples (0.5%), onions also increased. onion (0.4%). At the same time, prices for potatoes decreased by 0.1%.

The leaders in price growth among dairy products were sour cream (0.9%), butter (0.7%), as well as milk and cottage cheese (0.6%).

Beef and mutton continued to rise in price (0.34% and 0.36% respectively), while pork and chicken meat - to become cheaper (0.2% and 0.1%).

Buckwheat increased in price by 0.5%, sugar - by 0.4%. But the prices for sunflower oil remained almost unchanged. Bread and bakery products made from wheat flour (0.4%), beef, rye bread, vodka (0.3%), chicken eggs, pasta, rice and salt - by 0.2% also slightly increased in price.

Prices for wheat flour slightly decreased (0.1%), slightly more - for millet (0.4%).

Recently, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut said that this year there are risks of an increase in prices for four food items: milk and dairy products, bread, vegetables and sugar.

In general, weekly inflation was 0.24%, since the beginning of the year - 1.54%.

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