February 24 2009, 15:17

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 %.