Balgarianovinite.com Prices of most vegetables fell on Bulgaria’s wholesale markets this week, data from the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets (SCEWT) showed on Sunday. The market price index dropped by 1.36% to 2.746 points.
The index, which tracks wholesale food prices in Bulgaria, stood at 2.784 points a week earlier. Its base level of 1.000 points was set in 2005.
Among vegetables, cucumbers posted the steepest decline, down 20.65% to EUR 1.72 per kg, followed by tomatoes, down 19.32% to EUR 2.36 per kg. Courgettes also fell sharply, by 15.1% to EUR 1.56 per kg. Carrots fell 6.45% to EUR 0.58 per kg, cabbage 6.05% to EUR 0.66 per kg, and green peppers 1.75% to EUR 3.79 per kg. Red peppers, by contrast, rose 6.38% to EUR 3.79 per kg.
Potatoes rose sharply, up 12.82% to EUR 0.55 per kg. Lettuce gained 9.09% to EUR 0.96 per item, while dry onions edged up 0.45% to EUR 0.56 per kg.
Among fruit, apples rose 5.91% to EUR 1.30 per kg, while lemons gained 2.82% to EUR 2.10 per kg. Oranges fell 3.17% to EUR 1.30 per kg, and bananas slipped 1.48% to EUR 1.50 per kg.
Cow’s milk white brined cheese fell 1.39% to EUR 6.03 per kg, while Vitosha-type kashkaval cheese rose 2.39% to EUR 9.63 per kg. Yoghurt with 3% or more fat was down 1.81% from a week earlier at EUR 0.68 per 400 g cup, while fresh milk fell 7.32% to EUR 1.14 per litre. Cow’s butter in 125 g packs also eased, down 3.47% to EUR 1.46 per item.
Frozen chicken meat rose 3.16% to EUR 3.75 per kg, while size M eggs gained 1.1% to EUR 0.23 per item wholesale.
Rice rose 4.32% to EUR 1.69 per kg, and lentils gained 3.29% to EUR 2.12 per kg. Dry beans also rose, up 3.99% to EUR 2.15 per kg, while sugar edged up 0.55% to EUR 0.91 per kg. Sunflower oil fell 1.66% to EUR 1.78 per litre, and type 500 flour declined 1.27% to EUR 0.78 per kg.
Data show wholesale food prices in Bulgaria have been volatile but broadly rising since mid-February, when the Wholesale Food Price Index stood at 2.519 points, compared with 2.784 points in the April 14-17 reporting week. The gains were driven mainly by seasonal shifts in fruit and vegetable prices. The 27-item consumer basket reached EUR 58 in February, while SCEWT attributed the increase largely to fruit and vegetable prices and put the euro-adoption effect at below 0.5%.
Broader price data also point to continued food-price pressure. Annual inflation reached 4.1% in March, with food and non-alcoholic beverages up 0.5% month on month, while the Bulgarian National Bank identified food as the largest contributor to the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices growth as of February. Vegetable Prices Fall on Wholesale Markets in Bulgaria 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-26 05:22:21 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law