Balgarianovinite.com The agricultural producer price index increased by 2.1% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter of 2025, driven by a 5.7% rise in the crop output price index, while the livestock output price index fell by 1.2%, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said.
Compared with 2025 as a whole, agricultural producer prices increased by 1%, with crop output prices rising by 4.8% and livestock output prices falling by 2.5%.
NSI data show that in the first quarter of 2026, the index decreased by 2.7% compared with the same quarter of 2025, due to a 6.5% decline in the crop output price index, while the livestock output price index rose by 3%. Compared with 2025 as a whole, agricultural producer prices increased by 0.4%, with prices rising by 0.3% in crop production and by 0.5% in livestock production.
Quarterly Changes
In the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter of 2025, the most significant price increase was recorded for fresh vegetables, at 38.7%, driven by increases of 53.9% for tomatoes, 26.3% for cucumbers and gherkins, and 25.8% for lettuce. Prices of industrial crops also rose, by 12.8%, as sunflower prices increased by 13.3%.
Fruit prices fell by 28.1%, mainly due to a 33.4% decrease in cherry prices. Cereal prices also declined, by 2.6%, as wheat and grain maize prices fell by 4.6% and 2.9%, respectively.
Annual Trend
Compared with 2025 as a whole, the trends in fruit, vegetables, cereals and industrial crops remained unchanged. Fresh vegetable prices rose by 45.2%, with increases recorded for all vegetables and the largest rise, of 76.3%, registered for tomatoes. Industrial crop prices increased by 8.1%, driven by a 6.9% rise in oilseed sunflower prices and a 12.8% increase in rapeseed prices.
Fruit prices fell by 29.9%, mainly due to a 30.9% decline in cherry prices. Cereal prices decreased by 1.4%, reflecting declines of 3.4% in wheat prices and 1.9% in grain maize prices.
Livestock Production
In the second quarter of 2026, live animal prices fell by 3% compared with the same quarter of 2025, driven by decreases of 20.2% in pig prices and 5.1% in poultry prices. Animal product prices rose by 0.9%, reflecting a 13.7% increase in hen egg prices. Cow’s milk prices fell by 7.6%.
Compared with 2025 as a whole, live animal prices in the second quarter of 2026 decreased by 3.4%, reflecting declines of 18.2% in pig prices and 3.3% in poultry prices. Prices of animal products fell by 1.5%, with the largest decrease, of 8.4%, recorded for cow’s milk. Hen egg prices rose by 7.9%. Agricultural Producer Prices in Bulgaria Rise 1% on Annual Basis in Q2 of 2026 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-17 10:36:00 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