DUSHANBE, July 23, Asia-Plus — Mirgand Shabozov, Chairman of the State Committee for Statistics, told journalists in Dushanbe on July 23 that specialists from the committee expect inflation for July to rise.
According to him, an average rate of growth in inflation for January-June has been 0.58 percent (In January-June 2006, it amounted to 1.1 percent). Compared to May, inflation for June increased by 0.4 percent.
Since the beginning of the year, prices of products of the food industry have increased on average 2.6 percent, while non-foodstuffs have risen in cost by 1.9 percent, and paid services rendered to the population have risen in cost by 10.8 percent.
The cost of the set of food products included in the consumer basket for actual consumption (based on figures from households studied during 2006) in prices as of the end of June 2007 was 54.62 somonis per one family member per month, and with the norm for a balanced diet it was 119.08 somonis.
Mirgand Shabozov said in an interview with Asia-Plus that the last spike in prices of wheat flour in the country is evidence of the fact that inflation for July will rise.
