What goes down and up in price with the entry in 2023

Euskaraz irakurri: 2023arekin merkatu eta garestitu dena

With the entry of the new year, different measures adopted by the executives, both state and regional, come into force, and due to this, the commodity prices as well as services related to transportation they will be modified.

The changes that have come into effect this January 1:

Bread, milk and dairy products, eggs, vegetables, legumes, cereals and fruit, become without VAT

The usual VAT on these products is 4%, but from January 1 to June 30 it is completely abolished.

Oil and pasta, 5% VAT

The usual VAT on these products is 10%, but from January 1 to June 30 it is 5%

Meat and fish remain at 10% and the rest of the products, with the general VAT rate of 21%.

Are these variations in VAT significant?

ETB has carried out the experiment. To do this, yesterday and today we have made the same purchase in an online supermarket; the shopping list includes 12 basic foods such as vegetables, eggs, bread, milk or flour. Today, the purchase has been €1.59 cheaper than yesterday.

Feminine hygiene products and condoms also drop in price

from this sunday pads, tampons and feminine hygiene products They also drop from 10% VAT to 4%. A measure that will be in force for the rest of the legislature. The measure also applies to condoms; not so with baby and adult diapers.

Toll prices rise

On the contrary, the price of tolls, in general, will rise, although there will be exceptions. Traveling between Bilbao and San Sebastián on the motorway As of January 1, it costs 9.39 euros for cars, 26 cents more than it cost in 2022, according to the prices provided by the Bidegi dealership.

Another of the highways whose toll rises is the “super south” from Bilbao, which will raise its prices to 1.13 euros in its longest section, between Larraskitu and Gallarta. It also raises the toll of the Artxanda tunnelsin this case two cents, up to 1.05 euros.

However, the carriers will have a reduction in the tolls in Bizkaia as well as the public transport in Gipuzkoa. There will also be truck discounts on the N-240 and the BI-625.

Discounts on public transport will continue in 2023

Finally, public transport users will continue with the discounts implemented in 2022 throughout 2023. Renfe suburban and medium-distance trains will be free, and the other trains and bus lines dependent on the other institutions will be half the price, that is, 50%.

That if, in the case of Renfe, the pass to enjoy the free pass has expired with the change of year, and from today it is necessary to buy a new pass, which will have to be renewed every 4 months, with a deposit of 10 euros.

The deposits with which last year’s season tickets were purchased will be automatically returned next week.