According to the "People's Inflation" research conducted by United "Kamu-İş" union, food prices increased by 9 percent in January compared to the previous month, while annual food inflation rose to 87.7 percent.
CITIZEN PAYED 9 PERCENT MORE MONEY FOR THE SAME BASKET
In January, when the prices of pulses increased by 15.4 percent, the prices of other processed food, consisting of tomato paste, olives, honey, tea, salt and similar foodstuffs, increased by 9.4 percent due to the price hikes of products such as molasses, tomato paste and olives. According to the monthly data of the research, citizens paid 9 percent more money in January than in December of last year, in order to purchase the food basket made up of 76 foodstuffs selected according to their current food consumption habits.
January 2022 results of the "people's inflation" research conducted by the R&D unit of the United Public Employees' Unions Confederation (United Public Employees' Confederation) based on a basket of 76 foodstuffs that the public consumes the most and whose prices are compiled every month from markets and markets regularly. announced.
The research revealed the real inflation experienced by the fixed income, wage earners and the poor, who have to devote most of their income to food and have no protection against inflation. According to the basket based on the research, "People's Inflation" increased by 9 percent compared to the previous month, while the annual increase reached 87.7 percent.
VEGETABLES HAS THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN JANUARY
According to the research, the prices of bread, meat-fish, milk and dairy products were the determining factors in the inflation figure of January. Bread, flour, bulgur prices increased by 10.8 percent in January compared to the previous month due to the hikes in bread, pasta and noodles. While the prices of meat and fish group increased by 7.2 percent due to the increase in beef and fish prices, the prices of milk and dairy products and egg group increased by 3.1 percent. Oil prices, on the other hand, remained unchanged. In January, when fruit prices increased by 2.13 percent, vegetable prices increased by 25.2 percent compared to the previous month, especially due to the increase in the prices of high-weight products such as tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and eggplants.
FOOD INFLATION CAN INCREASED TO TRIPLE-DIGITS
According to the research, an annual increase of 51 percent was observed for the said basket, compared to January 2021. In January this year, bread, flour, bulgur and pasta prices increased by 76.1 percent, meat-fish prices increased by 71.14 percent, and milk, dairy products and egg prices increased by 73.2 percent compared to January of the previous year. Compared to a year ago, oil prices increased by 80.2 percent. Fruit prices increased by 96.9 percent, while vegetable prices increased by 167.7 percent. Pulses prices increased by 94.1 percent in the last year, while other food prices increased by 52.5 percent. It was stated that the annual increases experienced in the research may increase to triple-digit rates in the coming months.
CHANGES IN FOOD PRICES JANUARY 2022 BY PERCENTS
Bread, flour, bulgur, pasta 10.84 10.84 76.09 37.76
Meat-fish 7.24 7.24 71.14 27.30
Milk, dairy products, eggs 3.06 3.06 73.18 42.52
Oil –0.26 –0.26 80.24 51.09
Fruit 2.13 2.13 96.6 63.96
Vegetables 25.19 25.19 167.71 88.26
Pulses 15.41 15.41 94.11 36.22
Other 9.44 9.44 52.54 22.56
Average 8.97 8.97 87.65 45.30