Wholesale food prices in Bulgaria rose 0.21% last week, with the price index reaching 2,360 points, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets (SCCEM) said in its weekly analysis.

A week earlier the index stood at 2,355 points. It tracks wholesale food prices against a base of 1,000 points in 2005. All prices are in euros.

Most vegetables cost more. Courgettes rose the most, up 18.36% to €1.07 a kilo. Tomatoes went up 10.24% to €0.59 a kilo, and red peppers rose 7.26% to €1.33.

Cucumbers cost €1.55 a kilo after a rise of 4.59%. Potatoes rose 2.65% to €0.62, cabbage 2.11% to €0.58 and carrots 1.91% to €0.64 a kilo. Green peppers fell 1.79% to €1.55 a kilo, and lettuce fell 3.09% to €0.69 a head.

Apples rose again, by 1.60%, and now cost €1.14 a kilo. A kilo of grapes costs €1.27 after a 0.63% rise. Lemons and bananas got cheaper: lemons fell 0.78% to €1.53 and bananas fell 5.66% to €1.40 a kilo.

Vitosha-type kashkaval sells at €9.18 a kilo after a 2.75% drop, and cow's-milk white cheese at €5.97 after a 1.19% drop. A litre of fresh milk costs €1.20, down 0.50%, and a 125-gram pack of cow's butter costs €1.33, down 3.06%.

Yoghurt with 3% fat or more, in a 400-gram tub, rose 1.35% to €0.75. Size M eggs went up 3.09% to €0.20 each wholesale.

Among groceries, sugar fell 3.43% to €0.90 a kilo and dried beans fell 4.58% to €2.00. Type 500 flour is 2.82% cheaper at €0.62 a kilo, and cooking oil is down 2.05% at €1.72 a litre. Rice rose 0.61% to €1.65 a kilo, and lentils rose 1.42% to €2.00.

Frozen chicken fell 0.06% to €3.54 a kilo.