TIRANA, March 8/ATA/ “Inflation rose again in February of the current year to 3.9%,” reported the Institute of Statistics, INSTAT.
The rising inflation focused on food products, energy and transport services, reflecting the significant surge in prices of these products in international markets.
According to INSTAT, the inflation of the group “food and non-alcoholic beverages” in February reached 6.9%, compared to the level of 3.2% last year.
The products that are more expensive compared to last year are those of the subgroup “vegetables including potatoes”, with 16.4%, followed by subgroups “oils and fats” with 10.1%, “fruit” with 7%, “bread and cereals” with 6.8%, “sugar, jam, honey, chocolates and cakes” with 6.7%, “meat” with 3.9%, “milk, cheese and eggs” with 3.3%.
The inflation of the “transport” group for February reached 10.4%, from 9% in January and the prices of the group “rent, water, fuel, energy” for February resulted 1.8%, from 1.9%. /a.a/p.s./
