/IRBIS, October 3, 2011/ - Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in August 2011 was 0.3%, was stated in the message of Republic of Kazakhstan Agency of Statistics, spread today.

Prices for food goods for the past month decreased by 0.2%, for non- food goods - increased by 0.4%, payable services -1%.

growth, in %

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                              Sept 2011 to
                       -------------------      Jan-Sep            
                        Aug Sept Dec.  Dec 2011 to Jan-
                       2011 2010 2010 2005     Sep 2010
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All goods and services  0.3  8.7  6.2 71.2          8.6
Food goods             -0.2 12.0  7.9 84.0         12.6
Non-food goods          0.4  5.6  4.0 49.2          5.5
Payable services        1.0  7.7  6.4 76.6          6.6
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In the past month decline in prices for fruits and vegetables observed by 6%, potatoes - by 11.6%, vegetables - by 8%, fruits - by 2.2%.

Sugar prices have fallen by 5.8%, buckwheat - by 3.7%, rice - by 0.5%, flour - by 0.4%. The increase in prices was recorded for eggs by 5.4%, raw milk - by 2.7%, wheat - 2.6%, beef - 2.3%, dairy products - by 1%, bakery and pastry - to 0.4%, bread - by 0.2%.

The price growth for liquefied natural gas was 1.6%, petrol - 1.3%, solid fuel - 0.8%, diesel fuel - 0.7%. Prices for detergents and cleaners, products for personal care rose by 0.4%, household goods - by 0.3%, clothing and footwear, printed matter - by 0.2%.

The price level of education services was higher by 7.9%, restaurants and hotels - 0.9%, culture - 0.6%, healthcare - 0.5%, rail passenger transport - decreased by 2.4%.

In the field of housing and communal services payment for cold water increased by 2.3%, sewerage - 1.9%, gas transported through distribution networks - 1.4%, garbage collection - 1.1%, hot water and central heating - by 0.3%.

The consumer price index, which characterizes the rate of inflation, shows the change in prices for goods and services purchased by the public for personal use A set of products and services include 508 positions. Prices are collected on a selective network of retail and service industries of various forms of ownership in all regional centers, the capital and the terms of the cities and district centers. Used for aggregation of a system of weights in terms of their cost is calculated on the basis of materials of household surveys in the previous year. From January 2011 share of food products was 38.8%, non-food goods - 31.4%, paid services - 29.8%.

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