According to experts, one should expect an increase in prices for meat and citrus fruits. Beef, pork, lemons and oranges will increase in price on the eve of the New Year.

Tomatoes and cucumbers were leaders in the unofficial category “Highest Prices on Russian Trading Platforms” this week. Following them, the rating of expensive products continues to millet. But for apples and carrots prices have fallen markedly.

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, cucumbers rose in price by more than 8 percent, and tomatoes - by almost 4 percent. The cost of millet on Russian shelves soared by 2.6 percent. It was not possible to avoid a rise in price and sugar - the price for it increased by one and a half percent. According to analysts, sugar has risen in price due to the fact that the volume of sugar beet harvest this year has decreased significantly.

Against the background of the obvious rise in prices for certain products, the decline in prices for apples (the price fell 0.9 percent) and carrots (less than half a percent) went almost unnoticed.

“At the same time, since the beginning of 2018, a significant decrease in the price per kilogram of apples has been observed,” analysts say. “From January to October there was a jump down by almost 40 percent."

Actual prices for carrots in comparison with January rose by November by as much as 14 percent.

Meat products - pork and beef - today remain at the same price that formed a few weeks ago. However, by the New Year holidays the demand for meat will increase. This will signal a price increase of about 10 percent, experts warn.

Citrus fruits - lemons, oranges, tangerines - will rise in price for the New Year holidays. Now these fruits are not in great demand, and therefore the price for them is corresponding - much lower than for seasonal fruits: persimmons, apples and grapes.