German and Austrian egg lovers had a luckier run, with a
respective annual inflation rate of 18% and 19% last year.
As prices continue to rise, overall inflation across the
27-member bloc reached the highest level ever measured in 2022
at 9.2%, up from 2.9% a year before, a separate Eurostat report
showed on Thursday.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages were among the hardest hit
products, with an average hike of 11.9%.
Other major economies were also affected by rising costs
last year, with inflation levels reaching 8.7% in the United
States, 2.5% in Japan and 2.0% China, Eurostat said.
(Reporting by Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola and Alessandro
Parodi; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
By Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola and Alessandro Parodi
March 10 (Reuters) - Consumers across the European Union
paid on average 30% more for eggs in January than a year before,
Eurostat data showed on Friday, with the humble kitchen staple
posting amongst the biggest price increases across all food
products.
Czech food lovers had to fork out up to 85% more to add an
egg to the country's traditional Kulajda soup, while in Hungary
prices increased by 80% from January 2022, the bloc's statistics
agency said.
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