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Price of agricultural products drop in Azerbaijan

Business Materials 18 August 2009 11:51 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.18 / Trend U. Ismayilova /

In July, consumer price index for agricultural commodities in Azerbaijan was 99.3 percent compared to the previous month, and increased by 1. 9 percent in January-July compared to same period of the last year, the State Statistics Committee reported.

In June, the price of crop, melon-growing and horticulture fell by 3.1 percent, including the specialized products and melon-growing seedlings cheaper at 7.5 per cent, cereals and other groups - 1.4 per cent, fruits and nuts - at 0.2 percent.

In July, production of livestock and cattle went up by 1.7 percent and poultry and eggs are also cheaper by 4.6 percent, cattle rock - 4.5 percent.

On Aug.18, the official exchange rate is 0.8041 manat to $1.

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