The cost of sunflower oil and chicken accelerated in Russia from August 3 to 9 compared to the previous week, this is evidenced by the data published by Rosstat.
According to the department, during the specified period, the rise in prices for sugar, eggs continued to be cheaper, and sunflower oil is to rise. Thus, the price of sugar rose by 0.08 percent, including in 32 regions – by 0.1-1.9 percent. From July 27 to August 2, the rise in value for this product amounted to 0.14 percent, from the beginning of 2021 – by 3.31 percent.
From 3 to 9 August, sunflower oil rose 0.17 percent against 0.11 percent growth for the previous period (from January prices increased by 5.62 percent). In 30 Russian regions, this product has become more expensive than 0.1-1 percent, in six subjects – by 1.1-4 percent. “In 32 regions, prices have not changed. In 17 subjects, prices decreased by 0.1-1.2 percent,” warned in the department.
Russians will also start buying more than meat chickens – price tags increased by 0.05 percent. On the contrary, the eggs fell – for the report period the cost fell by 0.78 percent.
At the same time, in July, prices for sunflower oil in Russia fell. As explained by the director of the analytical center “Sovicon” Andrei Sizov, this happened against the background of the waiting for a record harvest in the current year. If the world prices for sunflower oil reached 1.7 thousand dollars per ton, then for the second month of summer they fell to 1.1 thousand dollars.