Armenia sees 1.7-percent rise in consumer prices

Armenia saw 1.7 percent growth in consumer prices in January compared to December 2009, which is conditioned with seasonal price changes for some food products.

According to the official data of the Armenian National Statistical Service, in January 2010 compared with December 2009 prices for food products (including alcoholic beverages and tobacco) increased by 3.3 percent.

The prices for industrial goods and tariffs for services decreased by 0.1 per cent.

The consumer price index reached 107 percent in January 2010 compared with the last January, the price index for food products (including alcoholic beverages and tobacco) amounted to 103.2 per cent, while price index for industrial goods reached 116 percent and and tariffs in the service industry made 109.9 percent.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/