THE white grapes They are one of the products whose price has increased the most, after the reduction of the government’s VAT reduction on certain basic foods, such as fruit. Concretely, the price of white table grapes has increased 26%after the VAT on the products affected by this rule increased from 0 to 2%.
One of the main causes of this price increase would be the bad harvest of white grapes that there were this year, and this was reduced by 13% compared to the previous year.
Bad harvest of white grapes
“The harvest of white table grapes increased in 2024 exhausted than in other years, which caused a shortage of the product and a drop in production. Concretely, the harvest of white grapes was reduced this year by 13% In Murciawhich is the main autonomous community producing this food”, Antonio Costa, president of Coag de Murcia, explains to OKDIARIO.
The main cause was the rains in August. “The rains that occurred in August caused the white grapes to rot and caused the loss of part of the harvest,” he says.
It must also be taken into account that white table grapes are a product that always becomes more expensive in Spain as dates like New Year’s Eve approach, where they are most consumed.
Potatoes and lentils also rise
white grapes, potatoes And brown lentils These are the three foods that were affected by the VAT reduction and whose prices increased the most over the last month. This conclusion is drawn from the study carried out by Facua (Consumers in Action) in which it analyzes the evolution of prices between the beginning of September and October 2024 in a series of basic products including fruits, vegetables, pasta, eggs, flours, lentils. , rice and olive and sunflower oils.
Thus, the mesh of five kilos of potatoes It has become more expensive by an average of 13.3% since September. While the kilo of brown lentilsfor their part, cost on average 7.1% more in October than a month ago.
Other foods whose price is increasing
Likewise, the iceberg lettuce It has also recorded a price increase of 4.3% on average in recent weeks.
During this same period, the price of garlic (2.9%). Additionally, sliced mushrooms (2.7%), red potatoes (2%), a carton of whole milk (2%), round rice (2%), a dozen medium eggs became more expensive last month (. 1.6%), wheat flour (0.6%), package of macaroni (0.5%), onions (0.3%) and sunflower oil (0.2%). olive oilfor its part, recorded a price increase of less than 0.1%.
Among the foods that cost less on average in October than in September are the kilo of carrots (-0.5%), golden apples (-0.8%), lemons (-2.7%) and conference pears (-3.6%).
VAT reduction in October
It should be remembered that since October 1, 2024, basic foods benefiting from VAT from 0% they went to 2%. This concerns olive oils, milk, bread, eggs, cheese, fruits, vegetables, legumes, tubers, cereals and flours. For its part, VAT on pastes and seed oils has passed from 5% to 7.5%.
