Consumer price index for Abai region for March 2024

The consumer price index for the region, which characterizes the level of inflation, for March 2024 compared to the previous month amounted to 100.9%.

Consumer price index for the region for March 2024

as a percentage

	March 2024 to		January-March 2024, to January-March 2023
	February 2024	December 2023	January-March 2024, to January-March 2023
All products and services	100.9	102.6	109.4
Food products	100.4	102.7	108.2
Non-food products	100.2	100.8	107.6
Paid services	102.2	104.3	113.5

Among food products in March 2024 compared to February 2024, an increased in prices for fruits and vegetables (pears – by 4.3%, apples – by 3.3%, carrots – by 1.4%, white cabbage – by 1.3%), rice – by 1.9%, granulated sugar, dairy products (hard cheese – by 1.3%, sour cream – by 1.2%) – by 1%, fish and seafood, pasta products – by 0.5%, confectionery products – by 0.4%, unsalted butter, millet, alcoholic drinks, tobacco products, beef – by 0.1%.
Sunflower oil became cheaper – by 2.3%, potatoes – by 2.1%, onions – by 1.7%, cereals – by 1.1% (buckwheat – by 2.1%, pearl barley, oats – by 0.1%), eggs of the 1st category – by 0.7%, tea – by 0.2%, premium wheat flour, cottage cheese (5-9%) – by 0.1%.
Of non-food products increased the price of pharmaceutical products - by 1.7%, clothing and footwear – by7%, materials for maintenance and repair of residential premises – by 0.1%.
Prices for detergents and cleaning products decreased – by 2.3%, personal goods – by 0.5%, gasoline – by 0.2%.
For paid services, increased electricity - by 19.7%, outpatient services - by5%, services of hairdressing salons and personal service establishments, catering services – by 0.9%.

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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