Between January 1 and July 1, 2019, agricultural food products significantly increased on the shelves of the Russian Federation.

It is noteworthy that in the indicated period the process of the rise in price of products occurred twice as fast as the process of increasing prices for provisions in the EU countries, which was taking place in parallel.

Market analysts were able to establish that in the first six months of this year, food products on the Russian market rose by almost three and a half percent. Whereas in the European Union for the same period, the cost of food rose by only one point seven percent.

However, it is important to add that in June 2019, prices at retail outlets in the Russian Federation significantly decreased. When compared with the indicators of May 2019. Meanwhile, in EU countries, June prices remained at about the same level as in the previous month.

It should be noted that in Russia most of all, fruit prices fell from May to June [/ url] (by almost ten and a half percent), while in the European market the cost of fruits and vegetables, even if it has decreased, is not more than one and a half percent.

Milk, as well as products from it and eggs, became cheaper by two tenths of a percent last month. Meat fell in price by one tenth of a percent. But fish and seafood have become more expensive by three tenths of a percent compared to May 2019. In the past month, bread, flour products and cereals began to cost Russians more than four tenths of a percent.