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Translation of publicist’s post (RUS)

The Office of Statistics reports that grocery prices in January 2010 increased 3.9% over January 2009.
The greatest increase was in prices on sugar, which rose by 40.2%. Next, in descending order, come coffee, tea and cocoa (25.4%), alcohol (9.4%), baked goods (7.7%), pastry (6.3%), dairy (3.1%) and pasta (2%).
Foods that got cheaper included flour (17.6%), fruits and vegetables (6.9%), eggs (6.4%), grains (6.2%), butter and lard (3.9%) and bread (3.3%).

Prices on meat and meat products grew 6.6% over the year. Pork became more expensive (11.5%), as did cured meats (6.2%), horse meat (2.9%) and mutton (2.1%).

The lowest prices on goods mentioned above were recorded in Pavlodar, Taraz, Zhezkazgan, Kazylorda, Kokshetau, Ust’-Kamenogorsk, Petropavlovsk and Taldykorgan.

The highest prices were found in Astana, Aktau, Atyrau and Almaty.

The difference between minimum and maximum prices ranged from 150% to 270%.

This article cites data from www.stat.kz