Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Food prices for ten months of 2020 increased by 8,3%, non-food – by 4,5%, paid services – by 3%.

percent, increase

	October 2020 to				January-October 2020 to January-October 2019
	September 2020	December 2019	October 2019	December 2015	January-October 2020 to January-October 2019
Goods and services	0,6	5,5	7,1	36,1	6,7
Foodstuffs	0,8	8,3	10,7	45,7	10,3
Non-grocery goods	0,6	4,5	5,6	39,2	5,4
Paid services for the population	0,4	3,0	3,7	21,7	3,1

In October(to September 2020) a price increase was noted for eggs by 10,3%,granulated sugar – by 7,3%,sunflower oil – by 6,3%, fresh vegetables – by 2,8%, potatoes – by 2,1%, milk – by 1,4%,tea– by 1%,mutton– by 0,9%,flour,butter– by 0,8%,pasta,horse meat – by 0,7%,bread– by 0,6%.Тobacco products went up by 1,8%,soft drinks –by 0,6%.Price reductions were recorded for fresh fruit by 3,9%,chicken legs – by 1,1%.

The increase in prices for stationery, medicineswas amounted to 0,8%, detergents and cleaners,cars – 0,7%, textile products, clothes and shoes, furniture and household items – 0,6%.Hard coal went up by 1,4%.

The price level forvisit to the bathincreasedby 0,8%,sports complex services – by 0,7%, dental services – by 0,6%,catering– by 0,5%.Travel by airpassenger transport fell by 2,4%.

In the field of housing and communal services, garbage removaltariffs increasedby 6,7%, cold water – by 2,5%,sewage – by 2%,electricity – by 0,7%,hot water –by0,3%.

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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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