Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan for January-June 2020 amounted to 4.2%

Food prices for six months of this year (June 2020 to December 2019) increased by 7.3%, non-food – by 2,6%, and for paid services – decreased by 1,4%.

percent, increase

	June 2020 to				January-June 2020 to January-June 2019
	May 2020	December 2019	June 2019	December 2015	January-June 2020 to January-June 2019
Goods and services	0,4	4,2	7,0	34,3	6,4
Foodstuffs	0,5	7,3	11,1	44,4	9,9
Non-grocery goods	0,5	2,6	5,4	36,7	5,4
Paid services for the population	0,2	1,4	3,0	19,9	2,9

From the beginning of this year (June 2020 to December 2019), a price increase was noted for fruits by 21,2%, vegetables – by 15,6%, cereals – by 14,6%, mutton – by 10,7%, granulated sugar – by 10,6%, pasta – by 9,3%, butter – by 8,9%, flour – by 8,8%, meat products – by 8,5%, horse meat – by 8,2%, beef – by 7,4%, rennet cheese – by 7,3%, frozen fish – by 6,1%, tea – by 5,9%, pork – by 5,5%, sausages – by 5,4%, bakery and flour products – by 4,6%, pasteurized milk – by 4,5%, dairy products – by 3,7%, bread – by 3,4%, cottage cheese – by 3,3%. Mineral and drinking water went up by 6,8%, tobacco products – by 5,4%, soft drinks – by 4%. Price reductions were recorded for eggs by 3,6%, rice – by 2,7%, millet – by 2,4%.

The increase in prices for detergents and cleaners was amounted to 5,8%, medicines – 5,6%, personal products – 5,3%, household appliances – 4,3%, cars – 3,9%, construction materials – 3,6%. Gasoline went up by 2,8%, while diesel fell 3%.

The price level for legal services, personal vehicle insurance increased by 10%, health services – by 3,4%, hairdressers and personal services – by 2,6%, kindergartens – by 2,2%, cable television – by 2%. Subscription fees for Internet access increased by 2%. Travel by urban transport (taxi) rose by 5,2%, by passenger rail - by 3,7%, and by air - fell by 1,7%.

In the field of housing and communal services, hot water tariffs decreased by 7,7%, sewage – by 6,2%, cold water – by 5,6%, central heating – by 3,4%, and for garbage collection – increased by 9%, electricity – by 2,2%.

Change in prices for consumer goods and services

as a percentage of the previous month, an increase

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%.

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