Omsk region is one of the ten regions of Russia with the lowest cost of a minimum food package.

According to Rosstat, in June 2018 The lowest prices for food products have been recorded in the Saratov region for a year (3338,07 rubles), the highest – in the Chukotka Autonomous Region (10003,7 rubles). Among the federal districts, the Far Eastern region has become the leader in terms of the cost of a minimum food package. (5425,86 rubles), and the cheapest set – in the Volga Federal District (3657,2 rubles). The average set price in Russia was 4060,3 rubles.

In the Omsk region, the minimum set of products in June 2018 It cost a year 3456,93 compared to the same period last year, it fell in price by 8%. In terms of the cheapness of the minimum set of products, the Omsk Region ranks seventh in Russia as a whole and first in the Siberian Federal District.

The cost of a minimum set of food items reflects the interregional differentiation of consumer price levels. When calculating it, the uniform volumes of food consumption established in the whole country and the average consumer prices for them in the subjects of the Russian Federation are used. The minimum set includes bread, meat, fish, milk, vegetables (potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots) and other products.

«Omsk Region continues to maintain its status as a region with low prices for basic socially important food products in the Siberian Federal District. As of 1 In July of this year, the region holds a leading position in the price rating 12 regions of the Siberian Federal District by 20 from 24 types of basic food products, and according to 10 of these – first places», – they told me in The Ministry of Economy of the Omsk region.

The Omsk Region has the lowest retail prices in the Siberian Federal District for beef, chicken meat, whole pasteurized milk, granulated sugar, rye and rye-wheat flour bread, rice, potatoes, fresh white cabbage, onions and apples. So, the cost 1 a kilogram of beef is below the district average by 29 rubles, pork – on 26 rubles, butter – on 61 ruble, whole pasteurized milk – on 8 rubles, sour cream – on 27 rubles, potatoes – on 6 bread made from rye and rye-wheat flour – on 13 rubles'.