/IRBIS, December 1, 2011/ - Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in November 2011 was 0.6%, was stated in the message of Republic of Kazakhstan Agency of Statistics, spread today.

Prices for food goods for the past month increased by 0.8%, non-food goods and payable services - by 0.4% each.

growth, in %

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                               Nov 2011 to
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                        Oct  Nov Dec.  Dec 2011 to Jan-
                       2011 2010 2010 2005     Nov 2010
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All goods and services  0.6  7.8  7.0 72.6          8.4
Food goods              0.8 10.2  8.8 85.7         12.2
Non-food goods          0.4  5.3  4.8 50.4          5.4
Payable services        0.4  7.2  7.1 77.8          6.7
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In the past month increase in prices was recorded for meat and meat products - by 3.2%, eggs - by 2.9%, cheese - by 1.9%, fresh milk - by 1.1%, dairy products and butter - 1 %. Prices for fresh fruits and vegetables increased by 0.8%, soft drinks - by 0.6%, fish and seafood - 0.5%. Reduce in prices was marked for rice by 0.8%, flour and groats - by 2.4%, potatoes - by 3.4%, sugar - by 7.3%.

Prices for clothing and footwear, products for personal care rose by 0.5%, household goods, pharmaceutical products - by 0.4%. The prices for solid fuel were 2.2%, liquefied gas - 0.4%.

In the area of housing and communal services payment for hot water prices increased by 1.6%, garbage collection - by 2.2%. Health services, hairdressing and personal service establishments rose by 0.9%, transport and education - by 0.4%, culture, restaurants and hotels - 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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