What goods and services have seen prices soar in Ukraine
18 December 21:29
In recent months, electricity, vegetables, and butter have risen in price the most in Ukraine. This is stated in the in a report from the State Statistics Service, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
It says that in the consumer market in November, prices for food and soft drinks rose by 3.9%. Eggs rose the most (by 54.6%). Prices for vegetables, milk and dairy products, butter, sunflower oil, processed cereals, bread, soft drinks, pasta, fish and fish products increased by 13.7-1.5%. At the same time, prices for fruit and sugar decreased by 1.5% and 1.3%, respectively.
Prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco products increased by 1.3%, driven by a 2.0% rise in tobacco prices.
Clothing and footwear fell by 2.2%, in particular, footwear by 2.7% and clothing by 1.7%.
The 0.6% rise in healthcare prices was primarily due to a 1.0% increase in prices for outpatient services.
The lowest growth was recorded in the telecommunications sector, up 4.7%.
