Food prices had the biggest impact on the consumer price index in October
According to Statistics Estonia, in October, the consumer price index fell by 0.4% compared with September and rose by 4.9% compared with October 2022. Goods were 3.7% and services 7.0% more expensive than in October last year.
Viktoria Trasanov, a team lead at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with October 2022, the consumer price index was influenced the most by the price increase of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which accounted for nearly a third of the total rise. Compared with October last year, meat and meat products were 9.5%, flour, cereals and cereal products 10.1%, and sugar, confectionery and preserves 9.8% more expensive. Fresh vegetables, however, were 10.1% cheaper. Petrol was 5.4% and diesel 11.9% cheaper.
Last year, partial energy price compensation measures for electricity, gas, and district heating came into force in October, and the consumer price index fell by 1.1% over the course of a month. No such significant drop was seen this year and the change in the consumer price index increased from 4.2% in September to 4.9% in October compared with the same month of the previous year," Trasanov added.
Compared with September, the consumer price index was affected the most by the 1.1% price decrease of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which accounted for more than a half of the total fall.
|
Commodity group |
October 2022 – |
September 2023 – |
|---|---|---|
|
TOTAL |
4.9 |
-0.4 |
|
Food and non-alcoholic beverages |
6.7 |
-1.1 |
|
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco |
5.0 |
0.1 |
|
Clothing and footwear |
7.7 |
0.7 |
|
Housing |
5.5 |
0.7 |
|
Household goods |
5.3 |
-1.1 |
|
Health |
9.0 |
0.4 |
|
Transport |
-2.4 |
-0.6 |
|
Communications |
1.4 |
-0.2 |
|
Recreation and leisure |
6.1 |
-1.9 |
|
Education |
7.5 |
0.0 |
|
Hotels, cafés and restaurants |
7.4 |
-1.1 |
|
Miscellaneous goods and services |
6.1 |
-0.1 |
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