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Recently, as international grain prices rise, the prices of foods using wheat or soybean oil are rising one after another.

It has no choice but to affect several items, and the upward trend is likely to continue for the time being.



This is reporter Jae Hee-won.



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Prices are rising so much that I am afraid to pick up anything when I go shopping.



There were also a lot of eggs.



A month ago, 30 specials were about 6,300 won, but now they are close to 7,000 won.



That's a 10% increase in one month.



This is because international grain prices for chicken feed have skyrocketed.



[Mart users: Not only eggs, but all of them.

It's a lot (burden).

If you go out with 100,000 won, it will be a side dish (cost) for a few days.]



As the war between Russia and Ukraine, the major grain producing region, prolongs, the damage is intensifying.



[Jun-Beom Oh / Research Fellow, Hyundai Research Institute: It is one of the world's leading producers, but the war made it impossible to sow.

The price of feed is also affected, and the price of meat may rise by the end of the year.] The



price of palm oil, an edible oil, is also on the rise.



As the demand for palm oil skyrocketed due to a surge in the price of international cooking oil such as soybean oil, Indonesia, the No.



Since more than half of Korea's imports come from Indonesia, it is expected that industrial products such as cosmetics and detergents as well as processed foods such as ramen and sweets that use palm oil mainly will be affected.



The problem is that these price increases will continue for some time to come.



[Lee Eun-hee / Professor, Department of Consumer Affairs, Inha University: The international transportation network is not smooth, but it is difficult to say that it has been completely solved.

Most countries suffer from inflation.

(Our prices are expected to rise throughout this year.]



Also, if Indonesia bans palm oil exports, the price of cooking oil for our households is likely to fluctuate as the demand for soybean oil cooking oil in China and India, which are major consumers, increases.



(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik, VJ: Jung Young-sam)