15:19 - 15.05.2020

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May 15, Fineko/abc.az. Over Jan-Apr 2020 the consumer price index made up 103.0% (versus Jan-Apr 2019), including 105.4% for foods, beverages and tobacco products, 101.2% for non-foods, and 101.1% for paid services to the population.

ABC.AZ reports that according to the State Statistics Committee, this April CPI was 100.1% compared to the previous month and 103.0% compared to April 2019.

In April 2020 the CPI for foods, beverages and tobacco products was 100.7% compared with the previous month and 106.0% compared with April 2019. This April, compared with the previous month, the highest increase was observed in the prices of rice, flour, buckwheat and semolina, pasta, beef, lamb and chicken meat, sausage products, sterilized whole milk, condensed milk, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, hard and soft cheese containing yeast, table margarine, lemon, oranges, tangerines, apples, pears, quince, pomegranates, kiwi, chestnuts, cabbage, pumpkin, peppers, beets, carrots, garlic, potatoes, lentils, sugar, coffee, vodka, beer.

A reduction in price was observed mainly on the prices of fresh fish, non-pasteurized whole milk, eggs, olive oil, bananas, hazelnuts, walnuts, cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, onions.
There were no major changes in the prices of other food products.