MILAN (AP) — Italians can celebrate lower pasta prices but must face higher prices across the board for fruit and vegetables.
Italy’s industry ministry reported last week that prices of pasta had fallen by an average of 0.3% in May compared with a month earlier, saying that a monitoring system it set up had the intended effect of reducing prices., intended to force down prices by reducing demand.
President Furio Truzzi told The Associated Press, however, that despite the overall decreases, pasta prices are obstinately high in some cities and that the group was still considering targeted strikes later this summer. The price of a kilogram of pasta had dropped to 2.12 euros in the Adriatic port city of Ancona from a high of 2.44 euros in March, and to 2.02 euros in Genova from a peak of 2.38 euros. The price dipped below 2 euros in many cities.for Italian kitchens.
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