Romania ‘09 Alcoholic Beverages 30% Cheaper Than EU Average

In 2009, Romanians paid 30% less for alcoholic beverages than other European Union states, while a basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages was 34% cheaper than the EU average, a survey from EU’s statistics office Eurostat showed Monday.

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The survey on food, beverages and tobacco prices polled data from 37 states and covered around 500 comparable products.

Denmark was nearly 40% above the EU27 average and had the highest price level for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the EU27 in 2009, while Bulgaria, Romania and Poland were between 30% and 40% below, the data showed.

For tobacco, the price levels were almost five times higher in the most expensive Member State than in the cheapest.

The highest price levels were observed in Ireland (217% of the EU average), United Kingdom (166%), France (133%) and Sweden (130%), and the lowest in Bulgaria (46%), Romania (47%), Lithuania and Hungary (both 51%).

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