What products have risen most in price in Portugal?

• 11 October, 22

The essential basket cost €185.17 on March 1 of this year, having increased to €206.39 on the last day of August – that is, consumers began to pay an additional €21.22 for the same food in the space of six months,indicates an analysis by the consumer protection organisation Deco Proteste. Of the 63 products that make up an essential basket, 55 rose in price.

The biggest increases have been seen in fresh hake and broccoli, whose prices climbed by 67 percent and 47 percent, respectively. But other foodstuffs had double-digit rises: kale and cooking oil soared 36 percent, red potatoes are 33 percent more expensive and a whole chicken is 30 percent more expensive.

A turkey steak now costs 25 percent more than at the beginning of March, honey cereals have increased by 23 percent, while pork chops and pork steaks have seen a price rise of, respectively, 20 percent and 18 percent.

Courgette is the food item that had the biggest drop in price (-23 percent) in the six-month period: from €2.21 down to €1.71 per kilogram. Also noteworthy are the cost of frozen peas, which fell by 7 percent, liquid yogurt (-2 percent) and sliced ​​bread (-1 percent).

Cre: Portugalnews