Consumer Price Index in the Republic of Armenia January 2020
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STATISTICAL COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (ARMSTAT) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA JANUARY 2020 STATISTICAL BULLETIN Bulletin ID 1300-201 YEREVAN - 2020 In nowadays’ world characterized by the information variety and intensity of informational flows. The significant importance to the possible “combination of three participants of official statistics” such as respondents, users and taxpayers, “occupying the angels of statistical triangle” having different dispositions, is of great importance, especially from viewpoint of perception requirements “communication skills leveling” by national and international levels. The Statistical Committee of the RA would like to thank all the respondents (information providers) who have supplied information for this statistical publication and from the above mentioned considerations welcomes any comments and suggestions from them and taxpayers, as statistical users, for the future development of statistical publication. 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Republic Ave Government Building 3, 0010, Yerevan Telephone: (+37411) 52-33-56 Fax: (+37411) 52-19-21 E-mail [email protected] Websites: http://www.armstat.am, http://armstatbank.am © STATISTICAL COMMITTEE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (ARMSTAT), 2020 2 C O N T E N T S The brief comment on the consumer price observation and index calculation methodology in the 4 Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia TABLE 1 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA 5 TABLE 2 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES BY THE OBSERVED TOWNS IN THE REPUBLIC OF 19 ARMENIA TABLE 3 THE INDEXES OF CONSUMER GOODS PRICES AND TARIFFS OF SERVICES IN THE 32 REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TABLE 4 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (2015=100) 33 ANNEX 1 COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE AND WEIGTHS OF GOODS (SERVICE) GROUPS 35 FOR THE CALCULATION OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA BY COICOP 2-5 DIGIT CLASSIFICATION IN 2017-2019 ANNEX 2 WEIGTHS OF THE OBSERVED SETTLEMENTS FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 46 CALCULATION 3 The brief comment on the consumer price observation and index calculation methodology in the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia With the purpose of calculation of consumer price indexes in the Republic of Armenia, in Yerevan city and 10 marzes of the republic the monthly observation of consumer prices (tariffs) is conducted according to the determined methodology. In order to calculate the RA CPI, the price observations are conducted in the following settlements: Marz (region) name observed towns Shirak Gyumri Lori Vanadzor Armavir Vagharshapat Aragatsotn Ashtarak Tavush Ijevan Kotayk Hrazdan Vayots Dzor Yeghegnadzor Gegharkunik Gavar Syuynik Kapan Ararat Artashat The CPI basket for the calculation of Consumer price index includes 450 good-service (about 8000 product (service) representative). The following order for the prices observation and indexes calculation is determined: . the prices (tariffs) observation for each product (service) in the surveyed towns is implemented in the pre-selected 6-12 basic trade and service organizations, basic objects of the price observation are grouped into 3 conventional groups and in the each group of the basic objects the price observation is conducted once per the given month(at 1, 10 or 20 of each month and the nearly days) excluding fresh fruits, vegetables, fuel (petrol, diesel fuel), the price observation of which in all basic objects is conducted 3 times per month (at 1, 10 and 20 of each month and the nearly days), the selection of representatives product (service) for price observation is done taking into account the level of their saturation and consumption in the consumer market, actuality, representativeness and etc. specifying their technical characteristics, measurement unit and other necessary features, the calculation of the summary consumer index is implemented based on price information database by marzes and the republic according to the "Classification Of Individual Consumption by Purpose" (COICOP) 12 sections (2 digit classification), 44 groups (3 digits classification), 94 classes (4 digits classification ) and 190 subclasses (5 digits classification), The CPI calculation is done by Laspeyres modified formula. 4 TABLE 1 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA 2020 January COICOP* to January 2019 to December 2019 code percentage change 00 Consumer price index, total 0.2 1.3 01 Food and non-alcoholic beverages -1.8 3.1 01.1 Food -1.8 3.2 01.1.1 Bread and cereals (ND) 3.6 0.1 01.1.1.1 Rice (ND) 2.0 0.3 01.1.1.2 Flours and other cereals (ND) 4.2 -0.3 01.1.1.3 Bread (ND) 4.1 0.2 01.1.1.4 Other bakery products (ND) -1.9 0.0 01.1.1.6 Pasta products and couscous (ND) 7.4 -0.1 01.1.1.7 Breakfast cereals (ND) 2.1 0.0 01.1.2 Meat (ND) -2.7 -0.3 01.1.2.1 Beef and veal (ND) -3.3 -0.2 01.1.2.2 Pork (ND) -14.5 -1.2 01.1.2.3 Lamb and goat (ND) -1.9 2.0 01.1.2.4 Poultry (ND) -2.9 -0.9 01.1.2.6 Edible offal (ND) -0.2 1.0 01.1.2.7 Dried, salted or smoked meat (ND) 2.3 0.3 01.1.2.8 Other meat preparations (ND) 1.1 0.2 01.1.3 Fish and seafood (ND) -4.4 -1.4 01.1.3.1 Fresh or chilled fish (ND) -5.5 -1.7 01.1.3.2 Frozen fish (ND) 4.2 1.3 01.1.3.3 Fresh or chilled seafood (ND) 6.1 -0.3 01.1.3.5 Dried, smoked or salted fish and seafood (ND) 0.8 0.0 5 2020 January COICOP* to January 2019 to December 2019 code percentage change 01.1.3.6 Other preserved or processed fish and seafood-based preparations (ND) -1.3 0.0 01.1.4 Milk, cheese and eggs (ND) -3.7 -0.9 01.1.4.1 Fresh whole milk (ND) -0.3 0.2 01.1.4.3 Preserved milk (ND) 0.8 0.1 01.1.4.4 Yoghurt (ND) 1.3 0.0 01.1.4.5 Cheese and curd (ND) -3.0 0.1 01.1.4.6 Other milk products (ND) -1.9 -0.2 01.1.4.7 Eggs (ND) -10.4 -3.8 01.1.5 Oils and fats (ND) -5.0 -0.1 01.1.5.1 Butter (ND) -5.4 -0.3 01.1.5.2 Margarine and other vegetable fats (ND) -2.8 -0.3 01.1.5.3 Olive oil (ND) 0.6 -0.1 01.1.5.4 Other edible oils (ND) -6.0 0.0 01.1.6 Fruit (ND) 0.9 10.4 01.1.6.1 Fresh or chilled fruit (ND) 1.0 10.8 01.1.6.3 Dried fruit and nuts (ND) -2.2 -1.1 01.1.7 Vegetables (ND) -4.4 17.6 01.1.7.1 Fresh or chilled vegetables other than potatoes and other tubers (ND) -3.4 23.9 01.1.7.3 Dried vegetables, other preserved or processed vegetables (ND) -1.8 0.1 01.1.7.4 Potatoes (ND) -8.8 4.8 01.1.8 Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (ND) -4.2 -0.2 01.1.8.1 Sugar (ND) -13.5 -1.2 01.1.8.2 Jams, marmalades and honey (ND) -0.3 0.0 01.1.8.3 Chocolate (ND) -0.6 0.1 01.1.8.4 Confectionery products (ND) -0.6 0.7 6 2020 January COICOP* to January 2019 to December 2019 code percentage change 01.1.8.5 Edible ices and ice cream (ND) 0.2 0.0 01.1.9 Food products n.e.c. (ND) 0.1 0.0 01.1.9.1 Sauces, condiments (ND) -2.0 0.2 01.1.9.2 Salt, spices and culinary herbs (ND) 0.6 0.0 01.1.9.3 Baby food (ND) -0.6 -0.4 01.1.9.9 Other food products n.e.c. (ND) -0.1 0.1 01.2 Non-alcoholic beverages (ND) -1.0 0.1 01.2.1 Coffee, tea and cocoa (ND) -1.9 0.1 01.2.1.1 Coffee (ND) -2.0 0.1 01.2.1.2 Tea (ND) -2.1 0.3 01.2.1.3 Cocoa and powdered chocolate (ND) 0.6 -0.7 01.2.2 Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices (ND) 1.3 0.1 01.2.2.1 Mineral or spring waters (ND) 1.3 -0.1 01.2.2.2 Soft drinks (ND) 2.1 0.4 01.2.2.3 Fruit and vegetable juices (ND) -0.2 -0.1 02 Alcoholic beverages, tobacco (ND) 5.0 0.4 02.1 Alcoholic beverages (ND) 3.3 0.6 02.1.1 Spirits (ND) 4.2 0.7 02.1.1.1 Spirits and liqueurs (ND) 4.2 0.7 02.1.2 Wine (ND) 9.4 7.1 02.1.2.1 Wine from grapes (ND) 2.2 0.0 02.1.2.3 Fortified wines (ND) 2.1 0.6 02.1.3 Beer (ND) 1.2 1.1 02.1.3.1 Lager beer (ND) 1.2 1.1 02.2 Tobacco (ND) 7.5 0.0 7 2020 January COICOP* to January 2019 to December 2019 code percentage change 02.2.0 Tobacco (ND) 7.5 0.0 02.2.0.1 Cigarettes (ND) 7.5 0.0 03 Clothing and footwear 2.9 -1.6 03.1 Clothing 1.5 -1.2 03.1.1 Clothing materials (SD) 1.0 0.0 03.1.1.0 Clothing materials (SD) 1.0 0.0 03.1.2 Garments (SD) -0.8 -3.6 03.1.2.1 Garments for men (SD) 1.4 -1.0 03.1.2.2 Garments for women (SD) 2.1 -1.4 03.1.2.3 Garments for infants (0 to 2 years) and children (3 to 13 years) (SD) 0.6 -1.4 03.1.3 Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories (SD) 0.3 -0.1 03.1.3.1 Other articles of clothing (SD) 0.3 -0.1 03.1.4 Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing (S) 0.1 0.1 03.1.4.1 Cleaning of clothing (S) 0.0 0.3 03.1.4.2 Repair and hire of clothing (S) 0.3 0.0 03.2 Footwear 5.2 -2.3 03.2.1 Shoes and other footwear (SD) 5.2 -2.4 03.2.1.1 Footwear for men (SD) 3.4 -2.5 03.2.1.2 Footwear for women (SD) 9.6 -2.5 03.2.1.3 Footwear for infants and children (SD) 0.7 -2.1 03.2.2 Repair and hire of footwear (S) 0.8 0.1 03.2.2.0 Repair and hire of footwear (S) 0.8 0.1 04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 0.9 0.1 04.1 Actual rentals for housing (S) 4.0 0.1 04.1.1 Actual rentals paid by tenants (S) 0.0 0.0 8 2020 January COICOP* to January 2019 to December 2019 code percentage change 04.1.1.0 Actual rentals paid by tenants (S) 0.0 0.0 04.1.2 Other actual rentals (S) 8.9 0.3 04.1.2.1 Actual rentals paid by tenants for secondary residences (S) 8.9 0.3 04.3 Maintenance and repair of the dwelling -1.6 0.0 04.3.1 Materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling (ND) -1.9 0.0 04.3.1.0 Materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling (ND) -1.9 0.0 04.3.2 Services for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling (S) 0.1 0.0 04.3.2.9 Other services for maintenance and repair of the dwelling (S) 0.1 0.0 04.4 Water supply and miscellaneous