YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Food prices rose by 4.4%
in Armenia in January 2008 on December 2007, which is by 0.6%
lower than the respective index of the same period of last year.
According to the RA National Statistical Service, 0.3-34%
inflation was registered in 10 out of the 13 commodity groups
under observation.
2.1% price fall was registered in the commodity group of
vegetables and potato in January 2008 on January 2007 and a 34%
price growth - in January 2008 on December 2007, which exceeded
the respective index of last year by 4.5% (29.5%). A growth in
prices of tomato (1.1fold), cucumber (50.3%), onion (19.4%),
beet (11.8%), carrot (9%), potato (4%), garlic (1.9%) was
registered in Armenia in January 2008 on December 2007.
There was 7.4% price growth in the fruit commodity group in
January 2008 on January 2007, 8.9% price growth was registered
in January 2008 on December 2007. Prices of tangerine, lemon,
grapes, apple, banana, pomegranate, pear, blood orange grew by
8.9-50.6% in Armenia in January 2008 on December 2007.
11% price growth was registered in the commodity group of
fish products in January 2008 on December 2007. 1.1% price
growth was registered in the commodity group of meat products in
the indicated period, mainly due to a 11.3% growth in pork
price. The price of beef grew by 1%, while that of mutton fell
by 0.5%.
0.3-1.7% price growth was registered in the commodity
groups of bread products, confectionery, soft drinks, milk
products, egg, coffee, tea, cocoa in January 2008 on December
2007. There was 24.6% price growth in the commodity group of
butter and vegetable oil in January 2008 on January 2007, and
3.6% price fall was registered in January 2008 on December 2007
- mainly due to 8.3% fall in the price of butter. Prices of
vegetable and other oils fell by 1.6-4.3% in January 2008 on
December 2007.
Price of granulated sugar fell by 19.7% in Armenia in
January 2008 on January 2007 and by 1.7% in January 2008 on
December 2007.