Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Food prices for nine months of 2020 increased by 7,4%, non-food – by 3,9%, paid services – by 2,5%.

percent, increase

	September 2020 to				January- September 2020 to January- September 2019
	August 2020	December 2019	September 2019	December 2015	January- September 2020 to January- September 2019
Goods and services	0,3	4,9	7,0	35,2	6,6
Foodstuffs	0,0	7,4	10,8	44,5	10,3
Non-grocery goods	0,4	3,9	5,5	38,4	5,4
Paid services for the population	0,5	2,5	3,6	21,2	3,1

Per month (September 2020 to August 2020) a price increase was noted for eggs by 4,4%, granulated sugar – by 1,5%, pasta – by 1%, flour, beef, tea, frozen fish – by 0,9%, horse meat – by 0,8%, sausages – by 0,7%, mutton, butter, rennet cheese – by 0,6%, bread, rice – by 0,4%. Soft drinks went up by 1%, mineral and drinking water – by 0,6%, tobacco products – by 0,5%, alcoholic drinks – by 0,4%. Price reductions were recorded for fresh vegetables – by 5,5%, fruits – by 2,1%, millet – by 0,7%.

The increase in prices for stationery was amounted to 1%, cellular telephone, tablet – 0,8%, notebook – 0,7%, textile products – 0,6%, medicines, detergents and cleaners, household appliances, clothes and shoes – 0,5%, cars – 0,4%. Hard coal went up by 0,9%, firewood – by 0,3%.

The price level for education services increased by 2,3%, hairdressing and personal service establishments – 0,6%, catering – by 0,5%, health – 0,4%. Travel by air transport rose by 1%, and by passenger rail – fell by 0,3%.

In the field of housing and communal services, electricity tariffs increased by 1,7%, hot water by – 0,3%, and for sewage – decreased by 0,5%, cold water – by 0,2%.

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The consumer price index, which characterizes the inflation rate, shows the change in prices for goods and services purchased by the population for personal consumption. The set of goods and services includes 510 positions. Price registration is carried out according to a selective network of trade and services enterprises of various ownership forms in all regional centers, the capital and a certain circle of cities and regional centers. The system of weights used for aggregation in terms of their expenses is calculated based on materials from household surveys for the previous year.

Since January 2020 during the construction of the CPI, the share of food products is 39,0%, non-food – 28,9%, paid services – 32,1%.

www.stat.gov.kz / The official statistic/ By industry/ Price Statistics

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