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Sugar prices in the EU have increased by 61% in one year

Updated May 3, 2023
Eurostat notes the significant increase in the prices of food products in 2022, with sugar being one of the food products with the highest price increase. The monthly figures show a steady rise in annual rates of appreciation since August 2021, reaching 61% in February and March 2023, meaning that EU sugar prices in those two months were 61% higher on average , than in the same months of 2022. Eurostat highlights that the annual rate of change for March 2022 was almost six times lower (11%), and the difference was even more significant two years ago, in March 2021 ., when the rate was 1.6%.
Eurostat notes the significant increase in food prices in 2022, with sugar being one of the food products with the highest price increase. The monthly figures show a steady increase in the annual rate of price appreciation since August 2021, reaching 61% in February and March 2023, meaning that EU sugar prices in those two months were on average 61% higher , than in the same months of 2022. Eurostat highlights that the annual rate of change for March 2022 was almost six times lower (11%), and the difference was even more significant two years ago, in March 2021, when the rate was 1.6 %. The largest increase in sugar prices of 98% was recorded in the Czech Republic In March 2023, the largest increase in annual sugar price inflation was ...
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