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New EU statistics say that Hungary offers alcohol for the best prices in the whole European Union.
It will not hit anyone as a surprise that Hungary is quite a fan of alcohol in general. Although Hungarians probably do not drink as much pálinka as we like to advertise it and scare our foreign friends with it, the nation is very much fond of good vines and good beers.
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Frequent drinkers – by which I do not mean alcoholics – who like to have a glass of wine or a pint of beer daily have
recently experienced an increase in alcohol prices in the country.
The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) already prepared their table containing the average prices of a long list of products and services. Numbers show that the cost of alcoholic beverages and that of tobacco experienced a joint 11.1% increase. A higher inflation rate is visible in the case of alcohol, writes pénzcentrum.Â
Especially since the pandemic, Hungarian customers can feel the difference in these prices. In general, they sense an accelerated rise. In the past five to ten years, beers and wines maintained their average prices, meanwhile spirits, such as Unicum or vodka, experienced enormous growth.
Although Hungarians detect the difference through their own examples and wallets, still, our prices are the lowest in the EU. Based on Eurostat’s research,