According to the Belgian government, Belgian consumers will pay up to 10% more for key foodstuffs until 2019 due to the pandemic.The government statistics office, Belstat, has shown that fruit costs (10%), fruit juices (9%) vegetables (5%) Increase On average, food costs rose by up to 3.2% from last year.
At the same time, air fares (-14.4%) herbal fuel (-15.8%), electricity (-6%) fuel (-5.8%).
Het Nieuwsblad said the report says: “Price increases are largely the result of a decline in the source of some products, due to the fall in crops caused by poor weather conditions.However, national farmers say that Belgian crops” are not so bad “and that the 10% worth accumulating does not apply to local completion and vegetables.It is due to the more exotic culmination that the average value has increased.
According to brusselstimes.com, many imported products come from Spain, such as oranges, lemons and limes. Spain has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 crisis, which has led to more sensitive cases for fruit harvesting, such as understaffing, which has resulted in a worthwhile construction.up to 40%.
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