Bulgaria: Fruit prices fall, vegetable prices rise

Imported tomatoes are more expensive than Bulgarian tomatoes, as far as they are available In the first week of 2024, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT) reports an increase in the prices of the most traded vegetables and a decrease in imported citrus fruits and apples. The price increase of greenhouse cucumbers at the auctions is the highest - by 8.5%. Thus, from BGN 3.54 in the week before Christmas, as of January 5, they already have an average wholesale price of BGN 3.84. With 7.4 percent, ripe imported onions are also on the rise. The increase is by 10 cents to BGN 1.46/kg. It is noteworthy that imported tomatoes are more expensive than Bulgarian greenhouse tomatoes, insofar as they are available in greenhouses. Imported tomatoes rose in price by 4.7 percent to BGN 3.32/kg, and Bulgarian tomatoes by 4.3% to BGN 3.16/kg. Red pepper is also slightly up, the last registered wholesale price of which is BGN 2.46/kg. With the most visible decrease are ...