Consumer price index for Abai region for January 2024

The consumer price index for the region, which characterizes the level of inflation, for January 2024 compared to the previous month amounted to 101.1%.

Consumer price index for the region for January 2024

as a percentage

	January 2024 to
	December 2023	January 2023
All products and services	101,1	109,6
Food products	101,7	109,1
Non-food products	100,4	108,0
Paid services	101,2	112,4

Among food products in January 2024 compared to December 2023, an increased in prices for oils and fats – by 10.5% (unsalted butter – by 20.5%), eggs of the 1st category – by 9%, tobacco products – by 3.8%, confectionery products – by 2.6%, fruits and vegetables – by 2.4% (pears – by 8.1%, potatoes – by 0.4%, onions – by 0.3%, beets – by 0.2%), fish and seafood – by 2.2%, alcoholic drinks – by 1.3%, pasta products – by 1%, rice, poultry, dairy products – by 0.9%(sour cream – by 2.2%, hard cheese – by 1.1%), sausages – by 0.7%, bakery products and cereals – by 0.6%( rye-wheat bread – by 1.8%), tea – by 0.3%, meat (including meat products) – by 0.2%.
Granulated sugar became cheaper – by 2%, sunflower oil – by 1.1%, cereals – by 0.2%( buckwheat - by 0.4%, pearl barley – by 0.2%, oatmeal – by 0.1%), kefir (2.5%) – by 0.1.
Of non-food products increased the price of solid fuel – by 2.4%, pharmaceutical products – by 1.2%, clothing and footwear – by5%.
Prices for personal goods decreased – by 1.2%, detergents and cleaning products – by 1.1%, gasoline – by 0.1%.
For paid services, increased electricity tariffs – by 9.6%, services for the maintenance of housing – by 3.7%, passenger transport services – by 5%, outpatient services – by 1.3%.

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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Head of the price statistics department: Shakshanova G.T.

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