
State Statistics Committee registered a decline in consumer prices
In January of this year, the State Statistics Committee registered deflation: consumer prices fell in comparison with December on average by 0.2%.
In SSC they told Turan that food prices in January rose by an average of 0.2 %, and services, on the contrary, decreased by 0.9 %. Non-food prices remained stable.
Note that since the beginning of February in Azerbaijan, prices of local and imported food products began to grow.
Over the past month SSC recorded a rise in price of rice, fish products , meat products , milk and dairy products , eggs, butter, corn oil , sugar, salt, many fruits and vegetables. In January, a slight decrease in prices was recorded at chicken, oranges, bananas, carrots, potatoes and dried grapes.
In January 2012, inflation reached 0.1% in 2013 - 1.2%. - 08D -
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