ABSTRACT
Table 6/1: Average consumer price of some important selected consumer goods or services, 1972
Food Forints Pork fat (per kilo) 20 Pork (first-quality, boneless) (per kilo) 39 Beef, on the bone (per kilo) 30 Edible oil (per litre) 21-60 Sugar (per kilo) 9-60 Bread, white (per kilo) 3 Wheat, white (per kilo) 4-60 Rice (per kilo) 16 Milk (per kilo) 3-60 Butter (per kilo) 50 Cheese (per kilo) 40 Eggs (per dozen) 20-40
Potatoes (per kilo) 3-40-4 Onions (per kilo) 4-50-5-30 Apples (per kilo) 5-90-7-20 Lemons (per kilo) 19 Wine (per litre) 18-10 Beer (per litre) 7-8-60 Cigarettes - a packet of 20 (the most popular brands) 2-80-4-40 Manufactured goods Cotton, per metre (80 cm. wide) 29-80 Wool, per metre (140 cm. wide) 283-424 Men’s shirt 75-293 Men’s shoes, leather (one pair) 268 Women’s shoes, leather (one pair) 200 Washing machine 1,700 TV set 5,800-6,500 Coal (per hundredweight) 26-10-44-90 Toilet soap (per kilo) 27-60 Toothpaste (50-gramme tube) 2-50-3-50 Daily newspaper 0-80 Services Gas (per cubic metre) 1-41 Electricity (per kWh) 8-87 Tram ticket in Budapesta 1 TV licence (one month) 50 Haircut 4-60 Monthly rent, urban average per household6 250 Source: Hungarian Statistical Yearbook, 1972. ° In Hungary, bus and tram fares are uniform, irrespective of distance. 6 Family budget data for 1974.
