15:35 - 10.09.2020

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September 10, Fineko/abc.az. The State Statistics Committee has distributed information about the consumer price index for Jan-Aug 2020.

ABC.AZ reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture & Land Reclamation that compared with June, this August’s decline in prices touched lemons, bananas, apples, pears, plums, peaches, melons, fruits, grapes, strawberries, dried fruits, nuts, cabbage, tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers, eggplants, beans, while rise in prices touched mainly rice, semolina and buckwheat, vermicelli, spaghetti, lamb, sausages, fresh and frozen fish, sour cream, eggs, oranges, apricots, kiwi, walnuts, cucumbers, beets, carrots, garlic, onions, potatoes, tea, juices, beer and tobacco.

There were no major changes in the prices of other food products.

In August 2020 the CPI on nonfoods and paid services to the population was 0% versus the previous month and increased by 1.4% and 1.1% respectively against August 2019.