Market prices rise again in Bulgaria, cucumbers jumped by 12%, tomatoes by 7%

The prices of the main food commodities on the exchanges in the country remain unchanged this week as well, according to the data in the weekly bulletin of the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT). The market price index (CPI), which reflects the movement of wholesale food prices in our country, rose by 0.32 percent to 2,213 points during the week. Last week, the ITC was at the level of 2,206 points, BTA reported. The level of ITC at the beginning of the year was 2,316 points, and in the first third of March it reached its spring maximum of 2,480 points. The base level of the ITC - 1,000 points - is from 2005. Of the vegetables monitored by the DKSBT, greenhouse cucumbers rose in price the most during the week - by 11.6 percent to BGN 2.50 per kilogram. The price of tomatoes also jumps - by 7.4 percent and they are traded at BGN 3.48 per kilogram. Potatoes rose in price by 5.6 percent to BGN 1.32 per kilogram. The price of carrots decreased by 5.8 ...