YEREVAN, MARCH 4, NOYAN TAPAN. 0.6% inflation was registered in Armenia's food commodity market in February on January 2008, which was mainly due to seasonal changes in prices of some foodstuffs. According to the RA National Statistical Service, there was a 2.2% growth in prices of vegetables and potato in February 2008 on February 2007, 7.9% growth on January 2008. There was a growth in prices of onion (0.9%), beet (1.6%), potato (2.2%), carrot (5.5%), chives (19.1%), cabbage (34.8%), herbs (47.2%) in the indicated period. 0.3% inflation was registered in the commodity group of meat products in February on January 2008, mainly due to a 10.7% rise in the price of pork. In parallel with it, there was a fall in prices of mutton (2.1%) and beef (1%). 25.6% inflation was registered in the commodity group of butter and vegetable oil in February 2008 on February 2007, 0.3% inflation - in February on January 2008, mainly due to a 6.2% rise in the price of butter. Vegetable oil prices fell by 0.6-4.3% in February on January 2008. Inflation in the fruit commodity group made 8% in February 2008 on February 2007 and 0.1% on January 2008. The latter was mainly conditioned by a 0.5-46.8% growth in prices of pear, grapes, pomegranate, tangerine, lemon and blood orange. Banana and apple prices fell by 13.7% and 1.2% respectively in the indicated period. There was 0.1-0.8% growth in prices of alcoholic drinks and cigarettes (due to 0.2% rise in prices of alcoholic drinks), bread products, confectionery, coffee, tea, cocoa in February on January 2008. 17.8% price fall was registered in the commodity group of fish products in February on January 2008, which was mainly conditioned by a 20.2% fall in price of fresh white fish. The average price of eggs fell by 2.4% in February on January 2008. There was a fall in prices of granulated sugar (0.5%) and milk products (0.2%) in Armenia in February on January 2008, while prices of in the commodity groups of soft drinks and other foodstuffs remained at the level of the previous month.

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