The prices of cabbage and yellow cheese are rising in Bulgaria

The market price index (ITC), which reflects wholesale food prices, rose slightly from 1,693 points a week ago to 1,694 points on Friday, according to the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets. Since the beginning of the month, the level of ITC has risen by 2.48 percent. The base level of the index of 1,000 points is from 2005. The price of greenhouse tomatoes rose this week by 1.9 percent to BGN 2.14 per kilogram, and greenhouse cucumbers rose by 1.3 percent and sold at BGN 2.28 per kilogram. Potatoes are cheaper by 3.5 percent and are sold at BGN 0.82 per kilogram. Carrots are cheaper by 7.9 percent and traded at BGN 0.91 per kilogram. The price of cabbage increased by 2.0 percent to BGN 1.01 per kilogram at the end of the week. Red peppers are traded at an average of BGN 1.77 per kilogram, and the price of green peppers jumps by 5.5 percent to BGN 1.74 per kilogram. Apples are cheaper by 6.6 percent and are sold at BGN 1.13 per kilogram. Lemons are cheaper by ...