The annual inflation rate in November stood at 0.84 per cent compared to 0.20 per cent in November last year.
The National Statistics Office said the main upward impacts were recorded in the Food Index (0.64 percentage points), Transport and Communication Index (0.24 percentage points) and the Beverages and Tobacco Index (0.21 percentage points). This was mainly due to higher prices of vegetables, cars and cigarettes respectively.
The largest downward impact on annual inflation was recorded in the Water, Electricity, Gas and Fuels Index (-0.63 percentage points), mainly due to lower electricity rates .
The twelve-month moving average rate was 0.39 per cent