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Prices of basic food products have risen in price by 50% in a year

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The 20 main food products that Bulgarians use every day, and a large part of which are present at the Christmas table, have increased in price by nearly 50% in one year, according to the data of the Central Bank of Bulgaria. 

Among them are rice, bread, flour, minced meat, pork and chicken. 

The increase in the prices of these products continues in December. 

The data show that with a minimum wage in Bulgaria, this consumer basket of 20 goods can be bought 7 times, while in Germany - the same indicator it 31.



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