YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The 0.6% inflation in Armenia's non-food commodity market in April on March 2008 was somewhat affected by the growth in prices of gasoline (2.5%) and diesel fuel (5.2%). According to the RA National Statistical Service, the prices of building materials, cosmetics, stationery, textiles, furniture, horticultural items, detergents and jewelry increased by 0.1-4.6% in April on March 2008. In parallel with this, there was a fall in prices of fuel (4.1% - in connection with a 5% fall in price of liquid petroleum gas), cultural goods (2.3%) and medicines (0.3%). The level of prices in the other commodity groups under observation remained the same as compared with the previous month.

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