‘Tobacco’ Registers Highest Monthly Rise With 3.9%

The Consumer Price Index of “tobacco” stood at 560.1 in the month to Dec. 21, indicating a 3.9% rise compared with the month before, registering the highest monthly rise among 12 groups of goods and services reviewed by the Statistical center of Iran.
The “tobacco” index, which has the least impact on total inflation rate with a coefficient of 0.59%, registered a year-on-year increase of 29.7%. 
The annualized CPI of the group grew by 39.8% compared with the corresponding period of the year before.