BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 19
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Azerbaijan increased by 3 percent from January through June 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, Trend reports on July 19 referring to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.
Meanwhile, the CPI for food, drinks and tobacco products increased by 5.5 percent, non-food products - by 1.3 percent, the paid services to the population - by 1 percent.
The CPI in the country decreased by 0.3 percent in June 2020 compared to May 2020 and by 3 percent compared to June 2019.
|
January through June 2020 compared to the same period of 2019 (%) |
(June 2020 compared to May 2020) (%) |
(June 2020 compared to June 2019) (%) |
|
|
Total products and services |
99.7 |
103 |
103 |
|
Food products including |
105.5 |
98.7 |
105.5 |
|
Food |
98.4 |
105 |
105.2 |
|
Alcoholic beverages |
100.2 |
103 |
102.8 |
|
Tobacco products |
100 |
114.9 |
114.6 |
|
Non-food products |
100.1 |
101.5 |
101.3 |
|
Payment systems |
100.9 |
101.2 |
101 |
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on July 19)
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