Netherlands: Only price of eggs and beef increased slightly

Published 2021년 4월 6일

Tridge summary

Consumer prices of eggs and beef increased by 1% and 2% respectively in December 2020 and January 2021, due to the pandemic and a steady rise in beef prices since 2017. In contrast, fresh vegetables prices remained stable, and the prices of pork, bread, potatoes, dairy, poultry, and fresh fruit fell by a maximum of 2% in the same period. The decrease in dairy prices was attributed to falls in the prices of yoghurt, cheese, and quark, rather than fresh or long-life milk.

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Original content

Consumer prices of eggs and beef increased in December 2020 and January 2021, by 1 and 2% respectively. Due to the corona crisis, there is extra demand for eggs in the supermarket and eggs remain expensive. The beef price is also at a high level: since 2017 the price of beef has risen steadily. Furthermore, the price of fresh vegetables for the consumer remained the same and the prices of pork, bread, potatoes, dairy, poultry and fresh fruit fell during this period. With the exception of pork, the price decrease was a maximum of 2%. The price of pork fell by 6% in December 2020 and only caught up after the turn of the year. This fall followed a large fall in the selling prices of the pig slaughterhouses and the ex-farm prices from April last year. The price of dairy fell by 2%; the price level is comparable to that of two years ago. The decrease in the dairy price ...

Source: Agrimatie