SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), April 22 (SeeNews) – Bosnia's Serb Republic consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.6% year-on-year in April, after decreasing by 0.8% in March, the entity's statistical office said.
On a monthly comparison basis, consumer prices in the Serb Republic edged down 0.7% in April, after growing by the same rate in March, the Serb Republic's Institute of Statistics said in a statement on Monday.
In annual terms, prices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the entity rose 1.7% in April, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages added 0.4%, while prices of transport services added 5.6%. Prices in the sector of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels edged up 0.6%.
The biggest year-on-year drop in consumer prices in April, of 11.2%, was recorded in the clothing and footwear sector.
Bosnia's Serb Republic's average consumer prices fell by 1.2% in 2020, after growing by 0.5% in 2019.
The Serb Republic is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Federation.