YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Inflation was 3.2% in Armenia in January-September from a year earlier, as compared to an average of 3.5% in the CIS in the period, the CIS Statistical Committee reported.
Armenia had the second highest inflation rates in the CIS, staying behind Belarus which posted 10-percent inflation in the period.
Azerbaijan reported 2.7-percent inflation, Russia –2.4%, Kazakhstan –2.2%, Tajikistan –1.4%, Kyrgyzstan –1.1% and Ukraine –0.1%.
Inflation levels in other CIS countries in the period were as follows: Russia 4.7%, Kazakhstan 3.3%, Tajikistan 2.8%, Moldova 2.3%, Kyrgyzstan 1.6% and Azerbaijan 0.2%.
Only semi-annual data were provided for Turkmenistan that recorded a 1.7% deflation. Ukraine posted 0.6% deflation. No data are provided for Uzbekistan.
Consumer prices dropped 0.2% in Armenia in September 2013 from August (average 0.2% inflation in the CIS).
The highest increase in consumer prices in the period was reported in Belarus (1.7%) followed by Moldova (1.1%), Kyrgyzstan (0.5%), Tajikistan (0.3%), Russia (0.2%), Kazakhstan (0.2%) and Azerbaijan (0.1%).
Consumer price index remained unchanged in Ukraine in September against August.—0-
