Consumer price index for Abai region for December 2023

The consumer price index for the region, which characterizes the level of inflation, for December 2023 compared to the previous month amounted to 101.2%, by December 2022 – 109,7%.

Consumer price index for the region for December 2023

as a percentage

	December 2023 to		January-December 2023, to January-December 2022
	November 2023	December 2022	January-December 2023, to January-December 2022
All products and services	101.2	109.7	114.1
Food products	100.5	108.6	115.6
Non-food products	100.6	109.1	114.7
Paid services	103.0	112.3	111.2

Among food products in December 2023 compared to November 2023, an increase in prices for eggs of the 1st category – by 8.8%, pears – by 2.2%, rice – by 1.6%, pasta products – by 1.5%, fish and seafood – by 1.1%, dairy products – by 1%, (hard cheese – by 1.5%, sour cream – by 1.3%, cottage cheese (5-9%) - by 1.2%, kefir (2.5%) – by 1.1%, milk pasteurized – by 1%), bakery products and cereals – by 0.9% (rye-wheat bread – by 1.1%), tobacco products – by 0.7%, oils and fats – by 0.4% (unsalted butter – by 1.5%), alcoholic drinks – by 0.3%.
White cabbage became cheaper - by 8.1%, carrots – by 5.1%, potatoes – by 4.5%, granulated sugar – by 4.3, sunflower oil – by 1.4%, buckwheat - by 0.5%.

Of non-food products, prices for materials for maintenance and repair of residential premises increased by - 2.2%, clothing and footwear - by 2%, and pharmaceutical products - by 1.2%.

Prices for detergents and cleaning products decreased – by 1.5%, personal goods - by 0.5%.

For paid services, increased services of hairdressing salons and personal service establishments - by 9.6%, catering services - by 4.1%, rental housing - by 2.3%, passenger transport services - by 0.7%, outpatient services - by 0.2%.

Methodological explanations

The consumer price index (CPI), which characterizes the level of inflation, shows the change in prices for goods and services purchased by the population for personal consumption. The set of goods and services includes 508 items. Prices are registered using a selective network of trade and service enterprises of various forms of ownership in the regional center and a certain circle of cities and district centers. The system of weights used for aggregation in terms of their expenses is calculated on the basis of household survey materials for the previous year. Since January 2022, when building the CPI, the share of food products is 40,7%, non–food products – 30,2%, paid services – 29,1%.

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