Food, services cheaper in Turkey than in Europe
Posted by meb at July 18th, 2009
The European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, has revealed that food and non-alcoholic beverages, clothing, restaurants and hotels are cheaper in Turkey while automobiles and consumer electronics are more expensive when compared to EU member states.
According to Eurostat’s price level indices for consumer goods and services for 2008, which include 27 EU member states, candidate countries, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, goods and services costing 100 euros in EU member states can be obtained for only 73 euros in Turkey. According to the survey, the most expensive European countries are Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Finland and Iceland, while the cheapest countries are Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. When the EU average is set at 100 euros for all products and services, consumers in Turkey pay 113 euros for electronics (including televisions, DVD players, receivers, audio systems, MP3 players, cameras, camcorders, desktop and laptop computers, monitors, printers, scanners, software, music CDs, movie DVDs, blank CDs and DVDs), 104 euros for personal transportation equipment (including motor cars, motorcycles and bicycles), 91 euros for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 90 euros for restaurants and hotels, 87 euros for food and non-alcoholic beverages and 76 euros for clothing.
Based in Luxembourg, Eurostat provides the EU with statistics at European level to enable comparisons between countries and regions.
source: Today’s Zaman
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