The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia notes a decrease in the wholesale prices for some categories of food. It is about a number of vegetables, as well as fish and sunflower oil, reports Interfax.
According to the department, the cost of frozen fish and bottled sunflower oil decreased by 0.1 percent. At the same time, the cabbage became cheaper by 5.9 percent, onions – by 0.2 percent, cucumbers – by 6.1 percent, tomatoes – by 5.2 percent.
Prices for buckwheat and pasteurized milk, on the contrary, rose by 0.1 percent. Mutton and sugar in price have not changed, clarify in the ministry.
Earlier, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Duncvert proposed to regulate the prices of socially significant products in Russia following the example of the United States and Canada. “If the state regulates the market, then we go along the path of Canada, where partial regulation goes on cereals, dairy products, eggs and poultry products,” he said.
In May, President Vladimir Putin announced the exacerbation of the situation with prices in Russia for socially significant products. According to him, this happens “against the background of an unstable world environment.” The authorities began to regulate the prices of some categories of goods since December 2020. In particular, we are talking about sugar and sunflower oil.