Prices of higher consumption in April per 1.5 per cent compared to March

Kosovo Statistics Agency (ASK) has published “Harmonyd Consumption Prices” (IHÇK) for April 2022, base year 2015=100. According to the AKS, monthly inflation measured by the harmonised consumer price index was 1.5% in April 2022. The overall harmonised consumer price index is [...]
According to the AKS, monthly inflation measured by the harmonised consumer price index was 1.5% in April 2022.
The overall harmonised consumer price index is higher at an average of 1.5% in April 2022, compared to March 2022. This is primarily explained with the rise of consumer prices in COICOP subgroups: bread and cereal (1.2%); meat (3.6%); milk, cheese and eggs (0.9%); oils and food fats (15.6%); trees (1.5%); vegetables (5.4%); sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and candy (2.0%); various food products: sauce, spices, salt, food for children, etc. (2.2%); coffee, tea and cocoa (0.8%); water, nonalcoholic drink, juices from trees and vegetables (0.6%); alcoholic beverages (5.4%); gas (10.8%); solid fuel, firewood, diapers, etc. (2.6%); household equipment (2.0%); glass, tames and kitchen tools (1.7%); household and garden equipment (1.3%); goods and services for the usual maintenance of the domestic economy (1.7%); automobile purchase (1.3%); fuel and lubricant for personal transport equipment (2.7%); transportation services (3.9%); hotel service (1.4%), with a common impact of those sub-groups 1.7 per cent in IHCK.
While, prices drop in COICOP subgroups: electricity (-7.3%) (due to the decline in consumption (spents) of electricity in April compared to March (2022) with an impact of (-0.2 percent) on IHCH.
The annual inflation rate measured in April 2022 by April 2021 was 11.2%.
The overall harmonised consumer prices index is higher at an average of 11.2 percent in April 2022, compared to April 2021. This is mainly explained with the rise of consumer prices in this period of COICOP subgroups: bread and cereal (24.3%); meat (13.5%); milk, cheese and eggs (21.7%); oils and food fats (51.3%); vegetables (13.8%); sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and candy (15.9%); various food products, such as sauce, spices, salt, food for children, etc. (11.6%); coffee, tea and cacao (13.6%); mineral water, nonalcoholic drink, juices from trees and vegetables (5.9%); tobacco (4.8%); maintenance and fixing of the settlement (8.2%); electricity (17.6% ) is because by January 2021 it was for the most free of 0061 cent, according to the Law on Economic Replantment, Covis -19 No. 07/ L-016 articles 15), while in April 2022, there was a decrease in consumption, or electricity spending for (-7.3%); gas (42.2%); solid fuel, firewood, diapers, etc. (22.0%); furniture and furniture, carpets and other floor covers (4.2%); household equipment (8.4%); household equipment and garden equipment (9.9%); goods and services for the regular maintenance of the domestic economy (7.4%); purchase of vehicles (6.8%); spare parts and additional equipment equipment equipment equipment (.2%); fuel and lubricants for personal transport equipment (38.8%); other services related to personal transportation equipment (9.9%); shipping services (11.1%); hotel (9.7%; personal transport service (9.7%; (9%).
As prices drop in COICOP subgroups: tree (-11.5%); clothing (-1.1%); shoes (-2.9%), with an impact of (-0.4 percent) on IHCH.












