Petrol prices make February CPI increase by 0.46%
04/03/2023
(binhthuan.gov.vn)
The increase in domestic gasoline and gas prices in line with world prices is
one of the reasons why consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.46% in
February 2023.
As counted by the
Provincial Statistics Office, CPI in February 2023 increased by 0.46% over the
previous month, 4.64% over the same period last year and 1.24% compared to
December 2022. On average, in the first two months of 2023, the consumer price
index increased by 4.63% over the same period last year.
Compared to the
previous month, out of 11 main groups of consumer goods and services, there
were 08 groups of increased prices and 03 groups of decreased prices.
Specifically, the transport
group had the highest increase with 3.04%, which was caused by the influence of
the price adjustments of gasoline and oil on February 13, 2023 and February 21,
2023.
Housing,
electricity, water, fuel and construction materials increased by 1.5% due to
the increase in gas prices (from February 1, 2023, the domestic gas price was
adjusted to increase 63,000 VND per bottle of 12kg after world gas price
increased to 192.5 USD/ton; household appliances and equipment increased by
1.12%; other goods and services increased by 0.61%; garment, hats and footwear
increased by 0.06% ; medicine and medical services by 0.05%; education by
0.05%; post and telecommunications by 0.03%.
There were 03
groups of reduced in prices: Food and catering services; culture, entertainment
and tourism; Beverages and tobacco by 0.39%, 0.12%, and 0.05%, respectively./.
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