YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. A 2.2% price growth was registered in the Armenian food commodity market in August 2006 compared with December 2005, and a 8.9% price growth - compared with August 2005. According to the RA National Statistical Service, a 2% decline in the prices of food commodities was registered in Armenia in August 2006 on July 2006, which is by 0.5% lower than the price fall index (2.5%) of the same months of 2005. The prices of vegetables and potato grew by 49.2% in August 2006 on the same month of 2005, those of cabbage - 2.3fold, of carrot - 1.8fold, beet - 1.8fold, cucumber - by 40.9%, garlic - 30.4%, onion - 22.7%, tomato - 16.7% and the prices of green pepper grew by 3.6%. The 25.2% price growth registered in the fruit commodity group in August 2006 on August 2005 was due to an increase in the prices of strawberry (42.1%), apple (50.3%), pear (52%), peach (61.8%), apricot (2.4fold), melon (74.5%), banana (28.4%) and orange (30.8%). The prices of fish products grew by 30.8% in August 2006 on the same month of last year. The increase in the price of granulated sugar made 35.2% over the same period, and 30.7% in August 2006 on December 2005. The prices of meat products grew by 2.6% in August 2006 on December 2005 and by 4.7% on August 2005. The average price of eggs grew by 14.4% in August 2006 on the same month of last year.

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