Eggs and flour prices rose by over 5 percent on Bulgarian stock exchanges this week, while fruits and vegetables fell in price, according to data from the weekly bulletin of the State Agency for Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT), BTA reported.
The market price index (MPI), which reflects the movement of wholesale food prices in Bulgaria, rose by 0.85 percent to 2.366 points this week. Last week, the MPI was at a level of 2.346 points. The base level of the ITC - 1,000 points, is from 2005.
Data on basic food products show that eggs (size M) increased in price by 7.4 percent and are sold at 0.35 leva per piece wholesale, and flour type 500 - by 5.6 percent to 1.48 leva per kilogram.
The price of cow's cheese increased by 1.1 percent to 11.40 leva per kilogram, and of "Vitosha" cheese - by 0.7 percent to 18.23 leva per kilogram. Fresh milk (3 percent fat content) is up 1.5 percent to 2.40 leva per liter, while yogurt (3 and over 3 percent fat content) is down 0.2 percent and is being sold for 1.30 leva per 400-gram bucket.
Chicken meat is cheaper by 0.1 percent to 6.45 leva per kilogram. The price of butter (125-gram package) is down 1.5 percent and is being sold for 3.06 leva per piece.
The price of lentils is also rising this week - by 1.8 percent and is being traded at 4.52 leva per kilogram. Rice is down 3 percent to 3.21 leva per kilogram, and ripe beans are down 1.3 percent to 4.32 leva per kilogram. Oil is down 0.2 percent to 3.22 leva per liter. The price of sugar is up 1.3 percent to 1.85 leva per kilogram.
Among vegetables, ripe onions are down the most - by 17.2 percent to 1.06 leva per kilogram, cabbage - by 10.8 percent to 1.27 leva per kilogram, lettuce - by 9.6 percent to 0.90 leva per piece, and cucumbers - by 9.3 percent to 3.22 leva per kilogram. Tomatoes are also cheaper - by 1.4 percent and are offered at 3.15 leva per kilogram, as are carrots - by 4.3 percent to 1.19 leva per kilogram. The price of potatoes falls by 0.9 percent and is traded at 1.34 leva per kilogram. Only ripe garlic is more expensive - by 4.1 percent to 6.80 leva per kilogram.
Of the fruits monitored by the DKSBT, only oranges are more expensive - by 1.9 percent to 2.19 leva per kilogram and lemons - by 4.1 percent to 2.53 leva per kilogram, the price of the rest is down. It falls the most for tangerines - by 10 percent and they are offered at 2.49 leva per kilogram. Bananas also fell in price - by 1.6 percent to 2.74 leva per kilogram, apples - by 3.6 percent to 1.82 leva per kilogram, grapefruits - by 1.3 percent to 2.58 leva per kilogram.