KSH: a drop in agricultural producer prices in July

In July, due to a fall of fruit and grain prices – agricultural producer prices declined by 2.3 percent, compared to a year earlier – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Thursday.

The producer price of fruits declined by 20.7 percent, the producer price of cereals fell by 12.0 percent compared to July 2012. Thus, the price paid for herbal products was 7.4 percent lower, despite the fact that the price of potatoes rose by 75.6 percent. (MTI)