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Inflation hit 0.1 percent in Kazakhstan in March, Kazakh Statistics Committee under the Economy Ministry reported on April 1.

Food rose in price by 0.2 percent, paid services – by 0.1 percent in March compared to Feb, while non-food items prices remained at the same level.

Inflation since the beginning of the year hit 1.1 percent. Food rose in price by 1.6 percent, paid services – by 2.2 percent, non-food items decreased in price by 0.6 percent since the beginning of 2015.

In March, among food goods, the average price for fresh vegetables increased by 2.5 percent, fresh fruit - by 1.6 percent, olive oil - by 1.5 percent, canned fish, tea – 1 percent, processed cheese - 0.9 percent, sausages, meat - 0.7 percent, confectionery, alcoholic beverages - by 0.6 percent, rolls and buns - 0.5 percent, premium wheat flour, cottage cheese - 0.4 percent. Meanwhile sugar reduced in price by 2.5 percent, poultry - by 2.2 percent, eggs - 2.1 percent, sunflower oil - by 1.6 percent, rice - 1.1 percent, buckwheat, sour yogurt, potatoes - 0.9 percent, rennet cheese - 0.8 percent, raw milk - 0.7 percent.

The increase in prices for pharmaceutical products reached 0.9 percent, detergents and cleaning products, newspapers and periodicals - 0.6 percent, cloth and footwear, goods for personal use - 0.5 percent. Gasoline prices fell by 1.6 percent, diesel fuel - by 1.7 percent, liquefied gas -11.4 percent.

Baths services increased in price by 1.3 percent, restaurants and hotels services - by 1.2 percent, health care services - 0.6 percent, recreation, entertainment and culture services and preschool education rose in prices by 0.4 percent.

Fares for railway long way transportation fell by 2.9 percent, air transportation prices rose by 1.8 percent.

In the sphere of housing and communal services, tariffs for housing maintenance rose by 3 percent, electricity - 0.2 percent. Meanwhile gas distributed among population fell in price by 2.9 percent.

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