YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. In the third quarter of 2007, the annual value of food basket made 256,528.4 drams (about 7.9 thousand USD) in Armenia in average current prices - based on the food contents and composition developed by the RA ministry of health - as compared with 247,439.8 drams in the same period of 2006. According to the RA National Statistical Service, the value of the minimum food basket made 21,377.4 drams a month - against 20,620 drams in the third quarter of last year. In the third quarter of 2007, the value of the minimum consumer basket made 397,619 drams a year in average current prices - against 383,531.7 drams in the same period of last year. The value of the minimum consumer basket made 33,134.9 drams a month - against 31,961 drams in the third quarter of 2006. The monthly value of the food basket calculated by the methodology of the World Bank made 15,767 drams per capita in average current prices in the third quarter of 2007 - against 14,723 drams in the same period of last year, the same indices per an adult - 17,558 drams against 16,395.3 drams. The monthly value of the minimum consumer basket calculated by the same methodology made 24,438.9 drams per capita in average current prices in the third quarter of 2007 - against 22,820.7 drams in the same period of last year, the same indices per an adult made 27,214.8 drams against 25,412.7 drams.

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