Statistics Agency: Food prices rose by 6% in Q1, 2011
16:52, 14 April 2011
ASTANA. April 14. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ In the first quarter of 2011 food prices in Kazakhstan rose by 6%, Chairman of the Statistics Agency Alikhan Smailov has informed of it at an online conference today.
"Since December 2010 the prices have risen by 3.7%: i.e. food prices increased by 6%, non-foods - by 0.9% and paid services - by 3.6%", A. Smailov clarified.
According to him, industrial products grew almost by 13% in price.