According to the President of the Russian Guild of bakers and confectioners (Rospik) Yuri Katznelson, prices for these products will continue to grow if will not change the situation.

At the same time, he notes that the price of bread stable, and their growth is below inflation.

He also added that the price of bread depends largely on the retail sector and not from the manufacturer, so the growth in the 5-7% includes retail prices, and the growth will continue, until they change the situation.

For 7 months of 2019 in Russia, production of bread and bakery products decreased by 2.9 %, to 6.2 million tonnes compared with the same period last year, follows from materials Respec citing the data of Rosstat.

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