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May inflation made 0.7 %, from beginning of year - 3.8 %

Almaty. June 1. Kazakhstan Today - In May in Kazakhstan inflation made 0.7 %, from the beginning of the year - 3.8 %. Statistics Agency informed Kazakhstan Today. According to the state statistics agency, for the accounting month in the market of articles of food the price for meat and meat products grew by 2.5 % (beef - by 3.3 %, mutton - by 3.2 %, horse meat - by 3.1 %, poultry - by 2.3 %, pork - by 1.6 %). Fish and seafood in May rose by 1.3 %, fruit and vegetables - by 0.9 %, bakeries and groats - by 0.5 %. The price level for eggs decreased by 3.2 %, dairy products and sugar - by 0.9 %.

In the group of non-foods for the last month the prices for construction materials increased by 1.6 %, clothes and footwear - by 0.7 %. The goods of personal hygiene, household goods and printed material rose by 0.5 %, medical products - 0.4 %, audiovisual equipment - by 0.2 %. The prices for gasoline grew by 0.9 %, diesel fuel - by 0.7 %.

For the accounting period in the sphere of paid services tariffs for housing-and-municipal services rose by 0.5 %, the housing maintenance - by 1.5 %, electric power - by 1.3 %. Services of public health services became more expensive by 2.9 %, culture - by 0.5 %, education - by 0.2 %. Payment for public transportation fare grew by 0.2 %.

In May of 2007 in relation to the similar month of 2006 inflation made 7.6 %, in January - May 2007 in comparison with five months of 2006 - 7.9 %.

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