Food articles prices rose in September for 4.9%, the largest increase in oils

Price Statistics Division Chief Ibis Aslan in an interview for Online Economy has said that in September there has been an increase in food items prices for 4.9%.

On the other hand, he said higher lifts have been observed in oils and fats for 28.2%, stressing that this lift has taken place even in oil and gasoline derivatives.

“In September, consumer prices compared to August have been rising soft prices for 0.1%, and these lifts have been in meat for 0.8%, milk, cheese and eggs have been for 0.6%, water, drink for 0.5%. But there's been a drop in prices in trees -4.7% ”.

“Poster of 2021 by September 2020, in this period of time the rate of consumer prices index is 4.9% in this period of time. The highest altitudes are observed in oils and fats and had a 28.2% rise. Mostly the responsibilities of oils and fats say that the reason for rising prices is that there have been rising prices on the first subject and several other factors have affected”.

The price hikes have also been noted in oil and gasoline derivatives, respectively. It's also a slight export lift, but import is 10%. Price measurements take place somewhere in a thousand countries within the month over the period of ten to 20 months in rural and urban settlements. Somewhere there is a list of 420 articles in 18 Kosovo municipalities, and the price measurement is done according to individual consumption ratings and is completely in line with the international score of”, Aslan said.

Based on the two-month increase, world food prices in September reached their highest monthly average since October 2011.

As the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reports (FAO), the monthly Food Price index averaged 130 points, increasing by 1.5 points, or 1.2 percent from August, driven by the tightening of supply conditions and strong demand for essential products such as wheat and palm oil.