For the first time in a year, oil fell below BGN 4/liter wholesale in Bulgaria

Published 2023년 3월 5일

Tridge summary

The Bulgarian State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT) has reported a decrease in the wholesale price of sunflower oil to BGN 3.90 per liter, a drop of BGN 0.21 (5.1%). This comes after a period of significant price hikes over the past year, which peaked in July 2022 at BGN 5.27 per liter. The price of tomatoes has also increased, with greenhouse tomatoes up by 12% to BGN 4.12 per kg, and imported tomatoes by 10% to BGN 3.96. In contrast, the prices of Bulgarian greenhouse cucumbers and imported cucumbers have decreased to BGN 5.99 + 6% and BGN 4.35 + 3.3% per kg, respectively. Meanwhile, the prices of potatoes and cabbage have decreased to BGN 1.19 and BGN 0.80 per kg, respectively.
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Original content

For the first time in a year, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets (DKSBT) noted that the wholesale price of sunflower oil is below BGN 4 per liter - BGN 3.90. During this week, it became cheaper by BGN 0.21 (-5.1%). The price of oil started to skyrocket exactly a year ago. At the beginning of March 2022, it was sold on the commodity markets for an average of BGN 3.47 (including VAT). In just one week, traders have added more than BGN to the one-liter bottle, and the price has skyrocketed to BGN 4.72. At the beginning of July last year, sunflower oil reached an annual and multi-year peak of BGN 5.27 wholesale for not entirely clear reasons, especially when it is known that from spring to the end of autumn, the import of cheap sunflower from Ukraine is at full capacity revolutions. After a very slow decline, as of December 2022, the average market price of oil becomes BGN 4.47/liter. Among the other weekly average prices published by DKSBT, it can be seen that ...
Source: Agroplovdiv

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