From June 2020 to June 2021, only millet prices decreased among grocery products in Ukraine – by 15.6%, to UAH 17.69 per kg, the State Statistics Service reported.
Since June 2020, buckwheat has risen in price by 13.7%, to UAH 42.01 per kg on average; rice by 15.5%, to UAH 27.23 per kg, semolina – by 16.8%, to UAH 16.87 per kg, and peeled barley – by 32.9%, to UAH 15.22 per kg. Compared to June 2020, only millet fell in price – by 15.6%, to UAH 17.69 per kg.
In June, the average price of high-grade wheat bread totalled UAH 29.65 per 1 kg (+19.5%); first-grade wheat bread – UAH 23.80 per 1 kg (+18.5%); rye and rye-wheat bread – UAH 24.87 per 1 kg (+18.3%) and French bread – UAH 16.33 per 0.5 kg (+17%).
Over the reporting period, pasta from soft wheat flour rose in price by 20.7%, to an average of UAH 23.15 per kg, wheat flour – by 21.5%, to UAH 14.33 per kg, sugar – by 73.5%, to UAH 25.92 per kg, and sunflower oil – by 89.3%, to UAH 64.95 per 1 liter. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)