The prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, clothing and footwear, transport, health, have increased in Georgia month-on-month, according to the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Specifically, the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased 0.9 per cent. Prices increased for:
The prices were lower for fruit and grapes (-9.7 per cent).
The prices increased by 5.4 per cent also for clothing (3.2 per cent) and footwear (8.6 per cent).
Transport prices increased by 0.8 per cent. Within the group the prices increased for purchase of vehicles (0.3 per cent) and operation of personal transport equipment (1.2 per cent).
Health related costs also went up by 1.2 per cent. The prices increased for medical products, appliances and equipment (2.9 per cent).
Overall, in October 2020 the consumer price index increased by 0.8 per cent compared to the previous month, while the annual inflation rate amounted to 3.8 per cent.
With regard to annual core inflation, which is calculated by excluding the groups of food and non-alcoholic beverages, energy, regulated tariffs, transport from the consumer basket, the prices increased by 5.4 per cent, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to five per cent", said Geostat.
As for annual inflation, prices increased in the group of food and non-alcoholic beverages (+5.5 per cent), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+9 per cent) and transport (+6 per cent).