"The General prerequisites no to food increased in price above inflation", - he said.

Thus Gordeyev has not excluded, that there may be spikes in prices for some specific types of products. "For example, the egg now has a splash. It requires learning and understanding why," said the official.

Similar processes can occur in other food categories, according to Gordeev. According to him, occurred in 2018, the VAT increase will accelerate inflation and lead to some extent to higher prices. However, in his view, the past year was successful for Russia from the point of view of food production. "We have a balance of production and consumption are fully show synchronicity" - he stressed.

According to the materials of Rosstat, in December 2018 among food products in Russia more than just increased prices for chicken eggs. So, in 30 subjects of the Russian Federation they rose by 20% or more, including in Udmurtia - at 31%, the Republic of Mari El by 29.5%, Oryol and Kaliningrad regions is 28.3%.