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The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics INEI announced that in February 2023 the Consumer Price Index of Metropolitan Lima registered an increase of 0.29 accumulating to the second month of the year a variation of 0.52 and the last twelve months March 2022-February 2023 reached 8.65.According to what was indicated in the technical report Variation of the Price Indicators of the Economy the monthly result was influenced mainly by the increase in the price of the consumption divisions Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 0.60 Education 0.78 Restaurants and Hotels 0.53 and Transport 0.26. It should be noted that the monthly rise in prices in the capital city was attenuated by the reduction in Accommodation Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels -1.03.To a lesser extent prices rose in the Alcoholic Beverages Tobacco and Narcotics 0.47 Miscellaneous Goods and Services 0.43 Recreation and Culture 0.29 Apparel and Footwear 0.26 Furniture Household Articles and Ordinary Home Maintenance 0.18 and Health 0.15 divisions. Meanwhile the Communications division registered no variation during the month of analysis.The price increase of the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages division is based on the higher prices observed in meats 5.0 due to the increase in eviscerated chicken 10.8 cuts such as chicken breast 5.7 wings 5.5 leg 5.4 chicken offal 5.0 and milanesa 4.3 due to lower supply and beef such as steak 1.7 and stew 1.6 Likewise the prices of milk cheese and eggs rose 1.7 due to the rise of chicken eggs 6.0 pariah cheese 1.1 and powdered dairy feed 1.1 fruits 0.6 such as strawberry 15.7 mango 11.3 pineapple 7.4 orange juice 4.5 and table orange 4.4 tangerine 4.0 island banana 4.1 silk 3.2 and banana inguiri 3.1 imported apple 2.3 and delicacy 2.0.Similarly rising prices reported the bread and cereals groups 0.6 due to the rise of purple corn 4.6 dry short pasta noodles 1.5 long 1.3 stuffed biscuits 1.3 salty 1.1 dipped 1.1 and bulk rice 0.6 coffee tea and cocoa 0.5 due to higher prices of chocolate 1.1 instant coffee 0.5 and ground roasted coffee 0.5. Also sugar jam honey chocolate and sugar candies 0.3 due to the increase in the price of personal cream ice cream 1.7 and ice 0.6 oils and fats 0.3 such as packaged butter 2.0 and mineral waters soft drinks fruit and vegetable juices 0.3 due to the increase in the price of still mineral water 1.0 and carbonated beverages 0.3.On the contrary the prices of fish and seafood fell -5.1 such as bonito -14.2 hake -8.6 horse mackerel -6.0 mackerel -4.8 and choros -3.3 Vegetables legumes include potatoes and other tubers -4.1 such as yellow potato -21.1 huayro -20.2 white -10.8 color -6.4 yellow sweet potato -5.7 pickled pepper -6.4 spinach -6.3 Chinese onion -3.8 and chopped vegetables -3.1 Also other food products -0.2 such as coriander -4.5 ground seasonings yellow pepper -3.6 garlic -2.1 rocoto pepper -1.7 and aj panca -1.3. In the Education division the price increase in preschool and primary education 1.4 stands out due to the increase observed in non-state school enrolment expenditure primary education 16.3 initial education 11.1 expenditure on primary state school enrollment 2.0 and initial education 1.9 Likewise secondary education 1.4 due to the higher prices of expenditure on non-state school enrolment for secondary education 15.9 and expenditure on state school enrolment for secondary education 2.2. Also the prices of tertiary education rose 0.4 as well as spending on enrollment in non-state-undergraduate university 7.8. The price decrease reported in the Accommodation Water Electricity Gas and other Fuels division is based on lower prices in residential electricity consumption -4.0 due to the new tariff specifications as of February 4 2023 domestic propane gas -0.9 residential natural gas consumption -0.4 by the tariff specifications in force as of February 1 of this year. On the contrary the prices of municipal taxes rose 4.7. In the Restaurants and Hotels division the prices of beverage service in restaurants and similar premises increased 0.6 such as natural soft drinks 1.4 liquefied fruit juice 0.6 beer served 0.5 and carbonated beverages 0.4 and food service in restaurants and similar places 0.5 due to the increase in the price of grilled meat 0.9 desserts 0.9 sandwiches 0.8 chicken broth 0.7 pizzas 0.6 breakfast in restaurants 0.6 menu in restaurants 0.5 and grilled chicken 0.5. The increase in prices in Transport responds to the higher prices of domestic air tickets 6.7 fuels for vehicles 2.4 such as liquefied petroleum gas vehicles 3.0 and gasohol 2.6 passage by interprovincial bus 1.3 and passage by bus and minibus 0.2. Meanwhile air tickets with international destination fell in price -2.7. Products with greater price variationIn the month of February 2023 of the 586 products that make up the family basket 385 registered price increases 103 fell and 98 showed no variation. The products that reported the highest price increase were strawberry 15.70 non-state school tuition cost 15.14 pore 12.20 mango 11.32 beetroot 10.80 gutted chicken 10.78 green bean 8.35 and dried potato 8.13. Meanwhile the products with falling prices were yellow potato -21.11 huayro potato -20.19 bonito -14.20 white potato -10.76 strong avocado -9.34 blueberries -9.07 white grapes -8.73 and hake -8.63.
