According to National Statisctics Office of Georgia, throughout one year, the prices for fruits were increased by 32%, dairy - 14.6%, meat - 11.5%, bread and cereals - 9.4%.

The Statistics Office has released a report on inflation rate in Georgia where it was found that the annual inflation rate in July ammounted to 5.7%.

"Food and non-alcoholic beverages: the prices in the group increased by 11.5 percent, contributing 3.55 percentage points to the overall annual inflation rate. Within the group the prices increased for the following subgroups: fruit and grapes (32.0 percent), coffee, tea and cocoa (17.4 percent), milk, cheese and eggs (14.6 percent), fish (14.3 percent), oils and fats (12.6 percent), meat (11.5 percent), mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices (10.2 percent), bread and cereals (9.4 percent) and sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (5.1 percent)", - reads the report.

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco: the prices increased by 9.0 percent, with a relevant contribution of 0.61 percentage points to the overall annual inflation rate. The prices increased for both tobacco (12.7 percent) and alcoholic beverages (5.9 percent);

Transport: the prices went down by 9.3 percent, which resulted in a -1.18 percentage point contribution to the overall annual inflation rate. The prices decreased for operation of personal transport equipment (-11.9 percent) and transport services (-7.1)", - reads the report.

source: IPN