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By Aynur Jafarova

The prices on consumer goods and tariffs on services increased by 0.3 percent in Azerbaijan in October 2014 compared to the previous month and hit 1.6 percent compared to January-October 2013.

Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee said the prices for food increased by 0.6 percent while non-food goods and tariffs for services remained unchanged in Azerbaijan in October.

The food prices increased by 1.1 percent, non-food products - by 3.6 percent, tariffs for services - by 0.4 percent in the reported period compared to January-October 2013.

In October, the base index of consumer prices, calculated except for the goods and services subject to seasonal changes (fruits and vegetables) and the prices of which are regulated by the state, remained unchanged compared to the previous month and hit 1.8 percent compared to January-October 2013.

The food prices vary in Azerbaijan. The prices on buckwheat, chicken meat, beef, sunflower, sugar, vermicelli, potatoes, cabbages, beet, carrots, apples and pears reduced while the prices on butter, milk, eggs, tea, salt, flour, bread, rice, semolina, garlic, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, greens, plums, grapes and bananas increased.

The tariffs for air and rail passenger transportation reduced in October.