Armenia: Cured Meat, Smoked Sausage, Local Fish More Expensive In Oc

ARMENIA: CURED MEAT, SMOKED SAUSAGE, LOCAL FISH MORE EXPENSIVE IN OCTOBER, WHILE PORK WAS CHEAPER

epress.am
10.31.2011

The 0.3% increase of overall prices in the foodstuffs market in Armenia
in Oct. 2011 as compared to the previous month is mainly due to the
0.4% to 4.6% increase in meat products, dairy, sugar, fish products,
eggs and confectionery.

In 10 of the 13 food products that the RA National Statistical Service
monitored this month, there was a 0.1-4.6% increase in prices, while
in the other three products, there was 1.4-0.1% decrease.

The state agency found a 8.2% price increase in confectionery products
in Oct. 2011 as compared to the same month last year, and an increase
of 4.6% as compared to the month before. This is said to be due to
a 9.9% increase in the cost of caramel.

The average price for eggs rose by 1.1% in Oct. 2011 as compared to
last month.

In terms of fish products, again prices rose, by 1.0% in Oct. 2011
as compared to Sept. 2011 (said to be due to the 1.4% increase in
the cost of a local breed of fish known as Ishkhan).

Not as much, but still an increase in prices was noted for meat
products: 0.4% increase this month as compared to last month.

Though there were price increases for beef (0.7%), pelmeni dumplings
(2.6%), basturma cured beef (3.5%) and good quality smoked sausage
(8.9%), prices for pork and mutton dropped by 1.2% and 0.4%,
respectively.

In 10 cities surveyed in Armenia, the price of meat products rose by
0.3-1.5% with the highest increase noted in Talin). In the capital,
Yerevan, meat product prices rose by 0.3%.

However, prices for fruit dropped by 9.7-1.4% in 7 of the cities
surveyed (the most decrease being observed in Dilijan), while in the
remaining 4 cities there was an increase of 0.5-7.3%.

In the Armenian capital, prices for fruit in Oct. 2011 as compared
to the previous month dropped by 1.4%.

From: A. Papazian