. In May 2023, national consumer prices increased by 5.0% year-on-year.
On average in January --— May, the national consumer price increased by 9.1% over the same period last year. Consumer prices fell 0.0 percent and service prices rose 3.0%. Food prices decreased by 2.0%, and non-food prices by 7.0%; Food prices rose 1.1%, while non-Food prices were flat. In food, fresh fruit prices rose by 34.3%, affecting CPI by about 4.0 percentage points. The prices of the other seven categories rose and fell three times year on year.