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CONSUMER COMMODITIES RISE 2.5% IN ARMENIA OVER JANUARY
YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/. Prices for consumer commodities rose 2.5%
in Armenia in January 2015, compared with December 2014, and 4.3%,
compared with January 2014, Gurgen Martirosyan, chief of the National
Statistical Service's price statistics and international comparison
division, said at a news conference on Tuesday.
he said. In his words, prices for
foods leapt 4.5% in January 2015, compared with December 2014, and
prices for nonfoods and services went 0.5%.
Martirosyan said.
He said fruits leapt 8.4%, coffee, tea and cocoa 5.9%, eggs 4% and
bread 4.3%. Soft beverages rose just 0.6%, spirits and cigarettes 0.3%
and meat 2% over one month.
Prices for consumer commodities climbed 4.5% in January 2015, compared
with January 2014. Foods went 5.4%, nonfoods 2.4% and services 3.2% up.
Martirosyan said that the 2.5% average rise in consumer prices
recorded in Armenia over one decade brought it the third rank among
the CIS countries.
Russia accounted for a 3.9% month-on-month price rise in January 2015
(the highest indicator), Ukraine for 3.1% and Belarus for 2.4%.
Georgia recorded the lowest price rise - 0.2%, Moldova 0.8% and
Kazakhstan 0.6%.
Martirosyan also said that comparison with January 2014 shows that
prices in Ukraine mounted 28.8%, in Belarus they grew 17.1% and in
Russia 15% over one year with the lowest indicator in Georgia - 1.4%.
Amid the growing commodity prices, petrol and diesel in Armenia shed
2.5% and 0.9% respectively over one year. Martirosyan said. ---0----
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YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/. Prices for consumer commodities rose 2.5%
in Armenia in January 2015, compared with December 2014, and 4.3%,
compared with January 2014, Gurgen Martirosyan, chief of the National
Statistical Service's price statistics and international comparison
division, said at a news conference on Tuesday.
he said. In his words, prices for
foods leapt 4.5% in January 2015, compared with December 2014, and
prices for nonfoods and services went 0.5%.
Martirosyan said.
He said fruits leapt 8.4%, coffee, tea and cocoa 5.9%, eggs 4% and
bread 4.3%. Soft beverages rose just 0.6%, spirits and cigarettes 0.3%
and meat 2% over one month.
Prices for consumer commodities climbed 4.5% in January 2015, compared
with January 2014. Foods went 5.4%, nonfoods 2.4% and services 3.2% up.
Martirosyan said that the 2.5% average rise in consumer prices
recorded in Armenia over one decade brought it the third rank among
the CIS countries.
Russia accounted for a 3.9% month-on-month price rise in January 2015
(the highest indicator), Ukraine for 3.1% and Belarus for 2.4%.
Georgia recorded the lowest price rise - 0.2%, Moldova 0.8% and
Kazakhstan 0.6%.
Martirosyan also said that comparison with January 2014 shows that
prices in Ukraine mounted 28.8%, in Belarus they grew 17.1% and in
Russia 15% over one year with the lowest indicator in Georgia - 1.4%.
Amid the growing commodity prices, petrol and diesel in Armenia shed
2.5% and 0.9% respectively over one year. Martirosyan said. ---0----
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