The rise in pasta prices over the past week, from December 22 to 28, accelerated from 0.3 percent to 0.6 percent. About this citing the data Rosstat ” Interfax “.
Pasta was one of the products, the rise in price of which during the press conference was indignant a > President of the country Vladimir Putin . He called the situation “completely unacceptable” when, with a record harvest, domestic prices are being pulled up to world prices.
Also during the reporting period, the decline in prices for two more products attracted attention Putin. Sugar fell in price by 1.8 percent (previously 3.2 percent), and sunflower oil – by 0.7 percent (previously 1 percent). Such dynamics were not observed everywhere, in five regions of the country sugar rose in price by 0.1-1.7 percent, and in 25 sunflower oil prices increased by 0.1-5.2 percent.
The cost of the latter two products is governed by agreements between sellers and manufacturers with government support. According to the documents, until April 2021, the wholesale price per kilogram of sugar should not exceed 36 rubles, and the retail price should not exceed 46 rubles. For sunflower oil, the limits are set at 95 and 110 rubles.
For the first time, Putin drew attention to increasing prices for basic products by tens of percent at the meeting on economic issues on Wednesday 9 December. The Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin later explained that a number of ministries confused the price hike with the seasonal factor.