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Prices for goods and services in Uzbekistan up

Uzbekistan Materials 1 February 2022 10:25 (UTC +04:00)
Prices for goods and services in Uzbekistan up

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 1

By Natavan Rzayeva - Trend:

Prices for goods and services in the consumer market of Uzbekistan increased on average by 0.9 percent in January 2022,Trend reports referring to the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.

The leaders in terms of price growth were food products, which increased by an average of 1.3 percent. Non-food products over the same period increased in price by 0.5 percent, paid services to the population increased by 0.7 percent.

In January 2021, the highest price increase was noted for paid services (1.4 percent) and food products (1.2 percent), while prices for non-food products increased by only 0.5 percent.

In January 2022, fruit and vegetable products took the lead in monthly price increases. Thus, fruits and nuts increased in price by 3.1 percent, compared to the end of 2021.

At the same time, prices for vegetables, tubers, plantains and legumes increased by 5.8 percent. Meat products, on the contrary, fell slightly in price over the month (0.4 percent on average).

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