Between January-July 2015, consumer prices for fruits in Russia grew by 25.4%, %, according to the Russian Federal Statistics Service. Whereas in the EU the average increase was 5.4%.In general, for the first seven months of 2015, price for food in Russia grew by 10.6%, in the EU it declined by 0.1%.
In January-July 2015, in some EU countries food prices increased significantly too, but this increase was several times lower than in Russia. For example, in Hungary products rose by 3.3%, in Slovenia – by 2.7%.