Consumer prices for socially important food products were mainly increasing in August

In the last summer month consumer prices for socially important food products (a list of 23 items) mainly increased. At the same time, the rate of this growth, in most cases, did not exceed one percent. This was reported by the press service of the Economic Discussion Club, agravery.com reported.

According to the State Statistics Service monitoring data, during August, consumer prices:

- decreased - by 8 positions;

- increased - by 14 positions;

- remained unchanged - by 1 position.

Among the food groups, as in July, the vegetables for borsch, with the exception of onions, grew more noticeably under the influence of the growth in the seasonal supply, which increased by 18.6% (or 1.32 UAH per kilogram). In particular, the average price of carrots fell by 42%, or 11.02 UAH per kilogram, beets have fallen in price by almost a third, or by 3.33 UAH per kilogram, cabbage - by 10%, or 0.81 UAH by kilogram, potatoes - by 4.9%, or 0.39 UAH by kilogram.

After the July growth of 2% -3% of the price of buckwheat and sugar symbolically fell in price within 1% in August.

"Against the background of a permanent decrease in the supply of milk, moderate growth (by 0.4%) in the prices of dairy products was registered, except for butter, which recorded a symbolic price decrease of 0.2%," is said in the report.

Consumer prices for the meat group of food products, on the eve of autumn, also gradually began to increase. Noticeably among this group, poultry meat has risen in price ("plus" 1.4%, or 0.79 UAH per 1 kg). However, the rise in prices for beef, boiled sausages and pork did not exceed 0.5%. At the same time, for the third consecutive month, average consumer prices for bacon have shown stability.

"It should be noted that in August the increase in prices for mass types of bread prices was one of the highest among the positions of our list of socially important food products. So, within a month, the price of wheat flour bread of 1st grade and rye-wheat bread incrased by 1.2%, that is, they added 19-20 kopecks per kilogram. In total since the beginning of 2018, bread of mass varieties has risen in price by 10% with a general inflation index of 103.6%," the expert noted.

Last month prices continued to rise for other types of grain processing products: wheat flour went up by 1.9%, pasta by 0.3%.

In the consumer egg market there was a change in price trends: after a decrease in prices in July by 7.8%, in August they increased by 5.9%, or 1.19 UAH for a dozen.

Despite the fact that in August consumer prices for most socially important food products increased, the amount of their increase was still less compared to the amount of "rollback" of prices for vegetables. In general, the average cost of a set of 23 food products was 1010 UAH, or by 1.1% or 11 UAH in comparison with July. In relation to the corresponding month of 2017, the set went up by 138 UAH ("plus" 16%).

The decrease in the cost of set occurred in 24 regions of the country, with the exception of the Volyn region, where it grew by 0.1%, or 90 kopecks. During the month the cost of set decreased in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions by 1.6% (minus 16.4 UAH and 15.8 UAH, respectively).

Traditionally, the most expensive set of socially important food products could be purchased in Kyiv (by 1119 UAH), and the cheapest - in Bukovina (925 UAH).