Since the beginning of the year prices for Socially important products have increased by 5.7%

According to the Ministry of trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the increase in prices for socially important food products on July 21 compared to the beginning of the year was 5.7%. This was announced at a briefing in the CCS by Vice-Minister of trade and integration A. Askaruly.

According to him, over the past 5 years, the maximum value of this indicator for the same period was observed in 2016 (9.1%) and 2019 (7.7%).

According to the MTI, the largest increase in prices for socially important food products since the beginning of the year was recorded in the cities of Pavlodar (+11.9%), Nur-Sultan (+11.8%).

The lowest price growth was registered in such cities as Almaty (+3.1%), Petropavlovsk (+4.7%) and Aktau (+4.8%).

Since the beginning of this year, potatoes (+43.3%), carrots (+31.4%), onions (+20.3%), buckwheat (+19.0%), sugar (+10.7%) and butter (10.2%) have risen the most among all socially important food products.

At the same time, since the beginning of the year, white cabbage (- 23.3%), eggs (-7.2%), rice (-7%), chicken meat (-2.9%) and salt (-1%) have fallen in price.

"At the same time, prices have stabilized over the past three months. In may, the price growth was 0.1%, in June 0% and in the three weeks of July 0.1%. At the same time, from July 14 to July 21 this year, prices for socially important food products decreased by 0.3%," A. Askaruly said.

According to him, the slowdown in growth of prices for socially important food products affected: introduction of a number of prohibitions on the export of food, the appearance on the market of vegetables-fruits of the new harvest and reduced demand for meat and dairy products in favor of fruits and vegetables.