“Rosstat does not consider it (ginger) in the inflation index, its share in the consumer basket is not very high. The proportion of lemons is also not very high, and the contribution to the total inflation is not very large, ”TASS quoted her as saying.
She noted that prices for ginger and lemons are normalizing.
On April 8, Rosselkhoznadzor announced a sharp increase in imports of garlic and ginger to Russia in early April.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia instructed the Federal Antimonopoly Service to verify the validity of price increases for products that enhance immunity, including ginger root, garlic and lemons.