The Tunisian Institute of Statistics (governmental) revealed that the inflation rate in Tunisia increased to 6.3 percent during the month of April, while the rate of inflation had stabilized during the month of March, at the rate of 6.2 percent.
The report issued by the Tunisian Institute of Statistics showed that the prices of the nutrition and beverage group accelerated from 5.1 percent in March to 6.2 percent in April.
In the same context, the prices of crops increased by 13.6%, while the prices of fish increased by 11.1%, the prices of vegetables increased by 9.9%, and the prices of sweets increased by 8.8%.
On the other hand, the prices of olive oil decreased by 13.6%, compared to the prices for the same period last year. Oil prices have stabilized during the past four months, at about 5.6 Tunisian dinars (about $2.8), as a result of the record olive harvest Tunisia have witnessed, which is estimated at 350 thousand tons, which affected the oil trading prices in local markets.
Source (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Edited)
