KSH: producer prices fell by 7.2 percent in January

In January, due to the 7.4 percent price decrease of vegetable products and due to the 6.9 percent decline in slaughter animals and animal products prices the agricultural producer prices were 7.2 percent lower than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday.

The decline in producer prices lasts without interruption since July 2013. In January, the grains were 9.9 percent cheaper than a year earlier, the price of potatoes, decreased by 37.8, the price of vegetables by 4.7 percent. The price of fruits decreased by 21.1 percent. (MTI)