Compared to 2017, cereals have almost doubled in price
In January, the most popular cereals in Ukraine became more expensive by a couple of hryvnias / Photo: UNIAN, Collage: Today
In Ukraine, in the first month of 2022, prices for cereals increased sharply. For example, for one kilogram of buckwheat they are now asking a little more 50 hryvnia.
This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Finance.
Compared to December 2021, rice, millet and buckwheat have risen in price by 3-4 hryvnias.
How many now cereals cost:
- millet – 21.67 UAH / kg;
- long rice – 41.90 UAH / kg;
- round rice – 35.20 UAH/kg;
- buckwheat – 50.85 UAH / kg.
Decreased in price only parboiled rice: UAH 35.68 to UAH 35.23
State regulation of prices
On January 12, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to introduce a maximum level of trade markup for certain types of products.
According to him, price regulation concerns following products:
- granulated sugar;
- wheat flour of the highest grade;
- pasta of domestic production (vermicelli from wheat flour of the highest grade);
- pasteurized milk with a fat content of 2.5 percent (in a film);
- sunflower oil;
- chicken eggs category C1;
- bird (chicken carcass);
- butter with a fat content of 72.5 percent.
Earlier, we said that the increase in food prices in Ukraine has already affected vegetables from the so-called “borscht set”, and wrote how Ukrainians overpay for bread.
Source: Segodnya
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