Belarus: increase of prices for fruit and vegetable produce

As of January 2009, prices for foodstuffs in Belarus increased by 3.3 %, compared to December 2008, and by 18.2 %, compared to January 2008.

 

At that, according to the official data, prices for vegetables increased by 23.2 %, including

fresh cucumbers - by 32 %,

for pepper - by 29 %,

for cabbage - by 27.3 %,

fresh tomatoes - by 23.4 %,

for carrot - by 7.7 %,

for onion - by 5.1 %.

Prices for potatoes increased by 11.4 %.

 

Fruits went up in price by 15.1 %, particularly,

prices for bananas increased by 26.8 %,

for citrus - by 15.2 %,

for apples - by 3.1 %.