All alcohol and tobacco products grow in price in Ukraine

From August 2020 to August 2021, beer, wine, vodka and cigarettes in Ukraine grew in price, according to the State Statistics Service.

Over the reporting period, the average price of domestic beer grew by 7.1% (up to UAH 18.84 per 0.5 liter); table wine - by 4.7% (up UAH to 70.19 per 0.75 liter); vodka - by 1.3% (up to UAH 93.70 per 0.5 liter).

The average price of a pack of Ukrainian filtered cigarettes in August 2021 totaled UAH 48.85 (20 cigarettes), which is 19.9% more expensive than a year earlier, while the average price of a pack of unfiltered cigarettes totaled UAH 43.87 (up 20.4%).

As reported by Ukrinform, in August 2021, consumer prices in Ukraine grew by 0.2% compared to July 2021, by 10.2% compared to August 2020, and by 6.2% compared to December 2020. In general, consumer inflation in January-August 2021 was 8.7% compared to the same period in 2020.

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