Africa-Press – Angola. Some food products, in the province of Moxico, have registered inflation that varies between 51 and 100 percent in the last three months, press learned this Monday in commercial establishments in Luena.
During a round carried out, a 50 kilogram bag of sugar, for example, registered an increase, equivalent to 100 percent, from 31 to 62 thousand, compared to the price verified, three months ago.
While the price of a 25kg bag of rice, one of the most consumed foods in the region, varies depending on the quality.
The “Tio Lucas” brand went from 13 thousand 500 to 20 thousand 500 thousand Kz, with a variation of 51 percent, while “Mulher” rice currently costs 19 thousand kwanzas, compared to the previous 14 thousand.
The 12-liter box of cooking oil registered an increase of eight thousand kwanzas in the last quarter, going from 16 to 23,500 thousand, with a percentage of 46.
The box of pasta rose to five thousand kwanzas, against the previous three thousand and 300, with a variation of 51 percent.
In the same round, press found that the price of a 25 kg bag of corn flour increased by seven percent, from six thousand 950 to seven thousand 500, while a 10 kilo box of chicken thighs went from 14000 previous thousand to 15 thousand and 500 kwanzas (10 percent).
The price of a box of mackerel fish varies between 24 thousand and 39 thousand, depending on the size of the product.
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