Feed prices increased 24.7% during the period, while artificial fertilizer prices climbed 25.4%.

KSH noted that artificial fertilizer prices have risen at an accelerated pace each quarter since the end of 2020 amid large-scale gas price increases. In Q3, artificial fertilizer prices stood 60% over their level a year earlier.

Energy input prices rose 11.8% in Q1-Q3. Investment prices increased 7.5%.