The growth of prices for eggs in Russia accelerated to 1.3% over the week, for butter increased to 1.2%

Moscow. December 4. INTERFAX.RU - Butter prices in the Russian Federation are resisting government attempts to curb their growth. Egg prices initially "succumbed" to regulatory pressure in the form of duty-free imports in the first half of this year and fell, but have recently begun to rise again. Last week, the rate of price increases for these products accelerated. As Rosstat reported on Wednesday, egg prices rose by 1.3% in the week from November 26 to December 2. The previous week, growth was 1.1%, and a week earlier, 0.9%. Butter prices rose by 1.2% (1.1% a week earlier). Since the beginning of the year, butter prices have increased by 33.2%. At the same time, current egg prices are 15% lower than at the end of last year, when their sharp rise was noted, which led to the need to introduce duty-free egg imports for the first half of this year. This measure was not extended for the second half of the year. Rosstat also reported that last week, chicken and sunflower oil ...