The committee said the consumer price index (CPI) reached 106.4% year-on-year at the end of July. This was 2.5 percentage points lower than in July 2025, when the annual CPI stood at 108.9%.
Food prices declined by an average of 0.91% during the month. At the same time, non-food goods rose by 0.3%, while paid services increased by 0.5%.
Among food products, the strongest upward pressure on inflation came from higher prices for carrots, which rose by 12.6%, followed by long-grain rice at 6.4%, round-grain rice at 6.1%, mung beans at 4.2%, and onions at 1.7%.
The decline in prices for a wide range of seasonal food products helped offset inflationary pressures. Eggplant prices dropped by 42.8%, sweet peppers by 39.4%, tomatoes by 24.0%, watermelons by 20.3%, potatoes by 18.0%, melons by 14.5%, peaches and cucumbers by 10.6% each, garlic by 10.0%, pears by 7.1%, and grapes, apples and bananas by 6.6% each. Chicken eggs became 5.0% cheaper.
Among non-food goods, the sharpest price increases were recorded for motor fuels. Prices for AI-98 and AI-100 gasoline increased by 10.0%, AI-95 by 8.5%, and AI-92 by 3.9%.
In the services sector, the main contributors to price growth were household waste collection fees, which increased by 2.7%, mobile communication services, up 2.4%, and urban bus fares, which rose by 1.4%.
The statistics are based on more than 2 million price quotations collected from over 10,000 retail outlets and service providers across the country. The monitoring covered 419 food and non-food products, as well as 98 types of services.
