INFLATION IN GERMANY IS 13.7% FOR VEGETABLES AND 6.2% FOR FRUIT

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it can be said that the pace of price increases has slowed down for two consecutive months, but inflation is still serious,

and it is clearly food prices that drive the percentages so high. (High inflation meant the mentioned average of 7.2%, and in the case of food, 17.2%; in Hungary, according to the latest data from the Central Statistical Office, this is 24% and 37.9%, respectively, compared to April of the previous year.)

A price increase was observed in all food groups, especially dairy products (+34.8%), bread and cereal products (+21.3%), fish, fish products and seafood (+19.7%), as well as sugar, jam, for honey and other confectionery products (+19.6%).

The price of fruits, on the other hand, rose “only” by 6.2% and that of vegetables by 13.7% compared to the same month of the previous year; Compared to March 2023, the price of fresh vegetables even decreased by 10%.

It is an interesting figure that without energy and food prices, inflation would be 5.8%, which shows on the one hand how strongly food prices shape general inflation, and on the other hand, that inflation is also high in other product sectors, reads fruchthandel .de in its processing published in the Destatis report.