PRICES FOR BREAD WENT DOWN

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
19 Feb 05

The NKR National Statistics Service reported decrease of prices for
bread on the consumer market. According to the results of the
monitoring conducted on February 1 – 10, 2005 the price for 1 kg of
all kinds of white bread was 217 drams against 281 drams in September
2004. A kg of big matnakash bread cost196 drams against 289 drams in
September and the price for a kg of small matnakash bread was 224
drams against 283. The average price for one kg of flour of superior
quality and first class totaled 195 and 170 drams respectively andhad
not changed since the last monitoring, whereas the price for a kg of
bread decreased by 22.8 per cent. During the last ten days the average
price for a kg of loafs of bread of second class was 201 drams against
253, a kg of round bread cost 263 drams against 294 and lavash cost
539 drams against 567. The average price for one kg of bread was
reduced at the expense of profits of bread producers.

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19-02-2005