RIGA - A recent study of retail prices in the three Baltic states has shown that there are significant differences between markets in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
According to the data collected by the Latvian statistical office, while sugar in Estonia is two times cheaper than in Latvia and Lithuania, the price of pork, bread, potatoes and vodka in Estonia is higher than in the other two countries.
For instance, in September sugar cost on average 0.41 euro per kilogram in Estonia but 0.83 euro in Latvia and 0.93 euro in Lithuania.
Pork was cheapest in Lithuania where a kilogram of pork costs 2.37 euros, compared with 3.15 euros in Estonia and 2.63 euros in Latvia. A kilogram of veal costs 1.72 euros in Lithuania, 2.55 euros in Estonia and 2.35 euros in Latvia. Chicken cost 1.64 euros in Lithuania, 1.95 euros in Latvia and 2.39 euros in Estonia.
A kilogram of butter cost 2.62 euros in Latvia, 2.79 euros in Estonia and 3.3 euros in Lithuania.
Milk turned out to be the most expensive in Lithuania at 0.46 euro per liter, against 0.36 euro in Estonia and 0.37 euro in Latvia.
Ten eggs cost 0.78 euro in Lithuania but 0.9 euro in both Estonia and Latvia. A kilogram of bred cost 0.6 euro in Lithuania, 0.65 euro in Latvia and a whopping 0.76 euro in Estonia, while potatoes by the kilo cost 0.19 euro in Lithuania, 0.2 euro in Latvia and 0.34 euro in Estonia.
At the same time, where to go for a drink in the Baltics is also quite evident. A liter of vodka, according to the study, cost on average 8.76 euros in Estonia, 8.04 euros in Latvia and 6.92 euros in Lithuania.
