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According to current data, the Iran impact has resulted in huge price rises and taxes on a wide range of products in Italy in just two months, costing Italians approximately €1,000 per household per year. This is according to the consumer association Codacons, which performed a survey to determine how retail prices have changed since the start of the Middle East war and which products have been most affected by the ongoing crisis. Analyzing ISTAT data on inflation from February (before the conflict) to April reveals that the products with the sharpest increases are liquid fuels (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, heating oil, etc.), which have increased by more than a third in just two months, reaching 38.4%. The communications and IT sectors have also witnessed strong growth, with recording media up 21.6% in two months and video games, consoles, applications, and software up 16.4%. Transportation is a particularly sore subject, with international flight ticket costs up 18.2% from last February, ferry tickets up 6%, and personal transportation rentals up 8.8%. In the last two months, diesel fuel has climbed by 23%, gasoline by 6.2%, and LPG and natural gas by 9.4%. In terms of food, in just two months, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and currants have increased by 16.1%, legumes by 9.9%, vegetables such as peppers, eggplants, courgettes, and tomatoes by 8.6%, and some varieties of fresh fruit by 7.8%. The war in Iran has also led energy prices to surge, directly hitting Italian bills: in April, families paid 13% more for gas than in February, while electricity rates increased by 5.2%.
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