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The price of bread in Romania will increase by over 15% as of February, after a 10% hike over the past four months, driven by wheat imports, Aurel Popescu, head of the Rompan employers association in the bread industry, told MEDIAFAX Friday.

The price of bread in Romania could increase by up to 30% by the end of the year on higher wheat prices and tax evasion in the processing sector, said Wednesday Niculae Stefan, head of the National Federation of Unions in Agriculture, Agrostar.

The price of bread in Romania could increase by as much as 30% in fall this year on higher wheat prices, said Thursday Niculae Stefan, head of the National Federation of Unions in Agriculture, Agrostar.

Bread prices in Romania will increase again by Easter, as wheat prices have continued to rise in the past week, said Tuesday Aurel Popescu, head of the Rompan owners’ association in the industry.

Bread prices might increase starting May this year as higher wheat prices worldwide have driven Romanian producers into exporting, while the quantities sold will be brought back to the country at a higher price, said the head of the industry’s employers’ association Rompan.

The price of bread in Romania will continue to grow, as producers that haven’t raised prices yet, will do so, said Wednesday Aurel Popescu, head of the Rompan milling and bakery employers’ association.