/IRBIS, December 4, 2011/ - Inflation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in December 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 increased by 0.3%, non-food goods - by 0.4%, and payable services - 0.2%.

growth, in %

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                          Dec 2011 to
                        -------------      Jan-Dec
                        Nov Dec.  Dec 2011 to Jan-
                       2011 2010 2005     Dec 2010
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All goods and services  0.3  7.4 73.1          8.3
Food goods              0.3  9.1 86.2         11.9
Non-food goods          0.4  5.3 51.0          5.4
Payable services        0.2  7.3 78.1          6.8
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In the past month increase in the price was fixed at 3.2% for eggs; meat, fruit and fresh vegetables - 1%, fish and seafood - 0.9%, dairy products - by 0.7%, bakeries and pastry - 0.6%, alcoholic beverages - by 0.5%. Reduced prices were marked on the sugar by 5.6%, cereals - 3.2%, flour - by 2.1%, potatoes - by 1.9%, vegetable oil - by 1.4%, rice - by 1.2 %.

Prices for diesel fuel increased by 0.8%, solid fuels - by 1.7%, motor oil - 2%. Increase in prices of goods for personal care was 0.6%, household goods - 0.5%, clothing and footwear - 0.4%, pharmaceutical products - 0.2%.

Services related to recreation, entertainment and culture rose by 0.3%, health care - 0.4%, hairdressing and personal care facilities - by 0.6%, restaurants and hotels - by 0.7%, burial - 1.2%.

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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