Food prices grew 4.3%, service prices grew 2.8%, while prices of non-food items grew just 0.6% on the year in October 2020.
Compared with September 2020, consumer prices inched up 0.2% in October, with food prices growing by 0.1%, prices of non-food items by 0.3% and services prices by 0.2%.
The annual rate calculated on the basis of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is 1.8%.
The average consumer price rate based on the CPI over the last 12 months (November 2019-October 2020) as compared to the previous 12 months (November 2018-October 2019) is 2.9%. The average rate based on the HICP is 2.7%.
In the last ten months, the highest price increases were recorded by beans (17%), citrus (11%), flour (7%), cigarettes (6.8%), cosmetics and personal care products (5%), canned meat (5%), cheese (5%) and postal services (12%). Prices of potatoes fell 30%, prices of fuel and plane tickets dropped nearly 10% and natural gas prices decreased nearly 3%.