March 23 (SeeNews) - Albania's annual EU-harmonised consumer price inflation was 3.7% in February, decelerating from 4% in January, the country's statistical office, INSTAT, said on Thursday.
February inflation was driven mainly by a 8.1% rise in the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which have the largest weight of 38.02% in the consumer basket.
Compared to January, Albania's HICP rose 1% in February.
Albania's non-HICP added 2.2% on the year and ticked up 0.5% on the month in February, INSTAT said earlier this month.
INSTAT started publishing inflation measurement through the HICP last month. The HICP measures consumer price inflation in the euro area. It is compiled according to a methodology that has been harmonised across EU countries to ensure that the data for one country can be compared with the data for another.