According to the report compiled by the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (UZEI), the growth was driven mainly by a growth of value added tax (VAT) rate on food from 10 to 14 percent, a 7 percent rise in prices of imported food, and a growth in commodity and energy prices.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks in the Czech increased more than 2.5 times compared with the average growth in the entire EU.
"Beside a higher VAT and higher prices of agricultural commodities, food prices were also affected by a growth in imports of food from abroad, a growth in energy prices, inflation and then by retailers' higher margins above all on higher-quality food," said Food Chamber spokeswoman Jarmila Stolcova.
She said the consumer prices are decided solely by retailers, "For this reason, we think that above all they (retailers) should explain the reason why they increased the price of food for consumers."
The document shows that the growth of consumer prices was almost double that of food producers' prices which rose by 3.4 percent year-on-year. The Czech Association of Trade and Tourism said food prices in the Czech recorded an artificial growth in 2012 which was pulled mainly by two VAT hikes.
The association's president Zdenek Juracka said that retailers could no longer absorb this growth given their low margins. "I would definitely rule out that the growth was caused by an increase in retailers' margins because the margins are not rising," he said.
Spending on food, drinks and tobacco accounted for 22.8 percent of the total consumer spending of an average Czech household in 2012. Compared with the rest of EU countries, the Czech ranks high above the average.
Source: Xinhua
The EU is led,operated,controlled and so on by mainly unscrupulous obnoxious germans(mainly politicans,lobbyists and other warmongers)who want to control and enslave the people and to have power over the people
especially over people of eastern europe(divide and conquer...)
[Link]Unfortunately most of german citizens dont have any sense about whats going on,dont have any dignity and often they dont even have conscience,nor do they have a real sense of justice.
huge number of animal-fanatics and vegetariens in Germany,but maybe this is one of the reasons why they are so ant-like. doing nearly everything what government says to them even atrocities.
for example:if some nasty ants get killed some thousands miles away from their home,they(huge number of german citizens) will be upset and deeply affected with the "poor ants". But...if People, Human Beings,Humans get horrible killed for example,they will feel not affected or upset and its Not uncommon,that they even appreciate and support it.
[Link]They even call themselves "individualists"(how dare),but its just the opposite,they are some kinf of empty-inside egoistic,selfish intrusive and asthenic, ANTI-individualistic,ant-like pricks who are even proud of themseles/their antisocial,predator-insect-like behaviour.
Therfore its not wondering me that condition of europe(quality of living and so on) is getting more and more worse.