Year-on-year, prices advanced at a faster pace for: food and non-alcoholic beverages (15.63 percent vs 12.53 percent in March) and transport (17.94 percent vs 17.69 percent).
Additional upward pressure came from: housing and utilities (7.53 percent vs 7.71 percent), furniture and household equipment (5.58 percent vs 5.33 percent), hotels, cafes and restaurants (9.27 percent vs 9.16 percent), clothing and footwear (5.17 percent vs 8.52 percent), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (21.65 percent vs 21.71 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (13.68 percent vs 12.51 percent), communication (4.15 percent vs 4.47 percent), recreation and culture (9.22 percent vs 9.30 percent), health (13.32 percent vs 13.28 percent) and education (9.64 percent vs 9.84 percent).
On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 1.31 percent, compared to a 1.02 percent rise in March and in line with market expectations of 1.30 percent.