ArmInfo.In the first half of 2022, the index of consumer prices for petrol rose by 23.9%, with the average index in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) being 9.3%. The highest rise was recorded in Kyrgyzstan, 46.7%, according to the data by the Eurasian Economic Commission as of August 1, 2022.
This June, a 13.3% rise in petrol prices was recorded in Armenia, a 1.6% rise as compared with this May and 2.1% as compared with last December.
The index of consumer prices for diesel fuel rose by 44.1% this January-June as compared with last January-June, with the average rise in the EAEU being 16.8%. Kyrgyzstan us the only EAEU member-state that recorded a higher rise than Armenia - 50%.
This June, the diesel fuel prices showed a 45.4% rise as compared with last June, a 33.3% rise as copared with last December and 2.2% as compared with this May.
The index of consumer prices for utilities was 6% in Armenia in the first half of this year, with the average index in the EAEU being 5.1%, with the highest index recorded in Belarus, 10.8%
According to the statistical data, 10.3% year-on-year inflation was recorded this June (6.5% last June) due to a 16.1% rise in food prices (including alcohol and cigarettes), a 7.5% rise in nonfood prices and a 5.3% rise in prices for services. Last June against June 2020, an 8.8%-9.5% rise in food and nonfood prices and a 2.1% rise in prices for services were recorded.
In the first half of 2022, 6.3% inflation was recorded in Armenia's consumer market (3.8% inflation in the first half of last year), which caused an 8.9% rise in food prices and a 4.6% rise in nonfood prices, with a 4.4% rise in prices for services.
In the first half of 2021, a 5.6% rise in food prices, 5% rise in nonfood prices and a 1% rise in prices for services. In the first half of 2022, 1% monthly rise in consumer prices was recorded against a 0.6% in the first half of 2021.
