"During the period from July 7 to July 13, 2020, among food products, prices for pork (except for boneless meat) increased markedly - by 0.5%," the department said.

It is noted that "a rise in price of 1.5% or more was noted in 10 subjects of Russia, including in the Kaliningrad and Nizhny Novgorod regions - by 3%"., It is also reported that "in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug pork (except boneless meat) fell by 2.1%. "

Earlier, a leading expert in the field of the meat industry, Boris Ryabinkin, in an interview with NSN, commented on the OFD Platform data, according to which in May and June 2020 the number of purchases of pork increased by 13%, beef - by 2% compared with 2019, and the number purchases of canned fish decreased by 12%.