Morocco: The index figure for prices at consumption increased by 0.1 percent last January

The High Planning Commission said today, Monday, that the indicative figure for prices at consumption recorded during last January an increase of 0.1 percent compared to the previous month. In a news note regarding the price inference number at consumption for the month of January 2021, the delegation attributed the stability of the index number of foodstuffs, and the growth of the inductive number of non-food items by 0.2 percent. She highlighted that these increases, recorded between December 2020 and January 2021, mainly concerned the prices of "fish and seafood" by 2.1 percent, "oils and mindsets" by 1.5 percent, and "mineral water, refreshing drinks and fruit juice." And vegetables "by 0.3 percent. On the contrary, the prices of "vegetables" decreased by 1 percent, and "fruits" and "meat" by 0.6 percent. As for non-food items, the memorandum indicated that the increase included in particular the prices of “tobacco” by 2.3 percent, and “fuel” by 2.5 percent. The indicative ...