SERVICE TARIFFS GROW BY 0.4% IN ARMENIA IN APRIL
Noyan Tapan
May 03 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. A 0.4% increase was registered in the
tariffs of services provided to the Armenian population in April on
March 2006, which was mainly conditioned by a 1.3% increase in the
tariffs of housing and municipal services (in connection with the
increase in the natural gas tariffs on April 10), as well as by a 1.6%
growth in the prices of services in the sphere of culture. According
to the RA National Statistical Service, a 0.1-3.4% tariff growth was
registered in consumer, medical, transport, public catering services,
while recreational service tariffs declined by 0.6%. The tariffs of
legal, banking and educational services remained unchanged in April
on the previous month.