December consumer prices up 1.6% in NKR : statistics

STEPANAKERT, January 16. /ARKA/. Consumer prices rose 1.6% in the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic (NKR)  in December 2012 from November, according to the NKR National Statistical Service.

Food prices (including alcohol beverages and tobacco goods) inched up by 2.9%, non-food prices—0.4%, service tariffs didn’t change within the reported period.

Consumer price index in the NKR stood at 103% in December 2012 year over year. Food prices (including alcohol beverages and tobacco goods) reached 101.8%, and non-food prices—105.8%, service tariffs—103.6%.

Consumer price index stood at 117.6% in December 2012 year over year. -0-

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