Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – According to the Training, Information and Trade Union Research Centre (CEISI) of the Union of Free Trade Unions (USSCG), the union consumer basket for the second quarter of this year amounts to €2,110.

This is €20 or 0.96 percent more compared to the previous quarter. 

Of the ten cost categories defined in the Methodology for Calculating the Standard Consumer Basket, three categories saw an increase in the second quarter: food costs rose by 3.88 percent, and personal hygiene and healthcare product costs by 3.23 percent, while housing and utilities costs decreased by 3.77 percent. 

Based on prices collected for 136 food items from the three largest retail chains in Montenegro, the cost of food products in the second quarter was determined to be €670.

“Compared to the first quarter, when this category of expenses amounted to €645, there was an increase of €25, or 3.88 percent. This rise indicates continuous trend of price increases in basic food items,” USSCG stated in a press release.