YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. A 0.1% price fall was registered in the Armenian food commodity market in April on March 2007, which was mainly due to 0.2-2.2% fall in prices of vegetables, granulated sugar, bread products, coffee, tea and cocoa. According to the RA National Statistical Service, 26% rise in prices of potato and vegetales was registered in Armenia in April 2007 on April 2006. In the indicated period there was a growth in prices of carrot (3.1%), cucumber (3.9%), tomato (4.9%), onion (6.6%), garlic (12.8%), cabbage (28.3%), chive (42.4%) and potato (61.1%). 2.2% price fall was registered in the commodity group of vegetables and potato in April on March 2007. Prices of cucumber, tomato, chive, onion, mangel and garlic fell by 0.1-24.1% in the indicated period. A growth in prices of carrot (1.9%), cabbage (3.5%) and potato (7.7%) was registered in parallel with this. The price of granulated sugar continued to have a downward tendency registered in the previous three months and the general inflation for 4 months made 8.7%. 1.6% fall in price of granulated sugar was registered in the country in April on March. 0.1-0.4% price fall was registered in the commodity groups of bread products, butter and vegetable oil, coffee, tea, cocoa, soft drinks in April on March 2007. 37.5% price growth was registered in the commodity group of fish products in April 2007 on December 2006, including 8.1% price growth in April on March 2007, mainly due to 9.1% rise in the price of fresh white fish. Prices of trout and smoked white fish increased by 5.6% and 5.1% respectively in the indicated period. In the commodity group of fruit, 33.7% price growth was registered in April 2007 on April 2006, 2.2% price growth - in April on March 2007, which was mostly conditioned by a rise in the prices of pine-apple (3.4%), pomegranate (3.5%), pear (5.5%), orange (7.8%), tangerine (16.1%). Prices of lemon and grapes grew by 1.9% and 2.1% respectively in the indicated period. 0.5% price growth was registered in the commodity group of meat products in April on March 2007, mainly due to a growth in prices of pork (2.5%) and mutton (2.2%). The growth in beef price made 0.4% in the indicated period. The 8.7% fall in the price of eggs in January-March 2007 was followed by 0.2% price growth in April. 0.2% price growth was registered in the commodity group of milk products in April on March 2007, while prices in the commodity groups of confectionery, other foodstuffs, alcoholic drinks and cigarettes remained at the previous month's level.

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