As noted in a statement posted on the website of the Agency for Statistics, food prices in February 2014 compared to February 2013 increased by 4.5%.
Thus, according to statistics, in February 2014 compared with the corresponding month in 2013 prices for dairy products, alcoholic beverages rose by 6.6%, fish and seafood – by 5.5%, pasta – by 5.3%, fruit and vegetables – by 5.1 %, bakery and pastry products – by 4.3 %, coffee , tea and cocoa , confectionery products – by 3.7 %, bread – by 1.8%, flour – by 1.5 %, sugar – by 1%. Reduction in prices was observed on cereals – by 6.9%, oils and fats – by 0.6%.
Price increase for meat and meat products for the period was 2.3 %, reported the IA “Kazakh-Zerno”. The price level for sausages grew higher by 4.5 %, horse meat – by 4.3%, pork – by 2.5%, mutton – by 1.8%, beef – 1.7%, and poultry – became lower by 1.3 %.
