Compared with February 2012, increases in the section indices in February 2013 were recorded for miscellaneous services (6.1 percent in the Composite CPI); food (excluding meals bought away from home) (5.4 percent); housing (5.3 percent); meals bought away from home (4.8 percent); electricity, gas and water (4.7 percent); transport (2.2 percent); clothing and footwear (1.7 percent); miscellaneous goods (1.4 percent) and alcoholic drinks and tobacco (1.4 percent).
On the other hand, year-on-year decrease was recorded in February of 2013 for index for durable goods (-3.8 percent in the Composite CPI).
Compared with January of 2013, the Composite CPI increased by 1.1 percent in February of 2013.