State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets

The market price index (MPI), which reflects the changes of wholesale food prices in Bulgaria, has risen slightly for the third week in a row - by 0.997 percent to 2.143 points. The level of MPI at the beginning of the year was 2,316 points. It then reached its spring high of 2,480 points in the first third of March. The base level of the MPI - 1,000 points - is from 2005.

The Market Price Index (MPI), which reflects wholesale food prices in Bulgaria, fell 0.52 percent this week to 2,111 points. This was reported by BTA.

The market price index (MPI), which reflects wholesale food prices, jumped 3.27 percent this week to 2,209 points, according to data from the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets (SCCEM).

We will have to get used to the high prices of vegetables. Currently, Bulgarian cucumbers are in the range of BGN 4.80(EUR 2.45) - BGN 5.20 wholesale and the price will jump even more because of the more expensive gas and electricity, as well as the requirements for higher insurance of agricultural manufacturers.

In their personal experience, people feel a rise in prices - 97% of respondents aged 18 to 64 have felt the rise in prices, mostly in food, fuel and heating costs.

I expect the price of sunflower oil to fall at some point, because the harvest is very good worldwide. This was announced on the air of Radio Stara Zagora by Vladimir Ivanov, Chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets.

Foods prices are skyrocketing and break all records. In the latest news release of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets (CFSBT) 37 observed products 26 have become more expensive, 9 are now cheaper and two are unchanged. In doing so, the committee only monitors wholesale prices, which are averaged for the country.

Food prices in Bulgaria are the highest for the last 5 years. Prices of most products have risen to a record high during the pandemic, data from the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets show.

While during the Covid-marked 2020 we stayed more at home and walked mainly to the refrigerator and back, it turned out that we had been eating record-expensive foods. The analysis of wholesale prices of staple groceries: sugar, flour, oil, rice and pulses scored an year-on-year increase, with the annual averages for most of them being the highest for the period 2015 - 2020.

All the prices move somewhere in different seasons - down or upwards. In the current season, there should be groups of products, such as fruit and vegetables, to rise, but this is not fatal. This is what Edward Stoychev, former chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets, said in the Business Start of Bloomberg TV Bulgaria to the host Ivan Nonchev.