Financial Tribune - Among food items, for which consumer price indexes were measured by SCI, red meat and poultry inflation increased by 92.7% compared with the same month of last year, with the highest year-on-year rise registered in the group of �Food and Beverages�.

The Consumer Price Index of �Food and Beverages� (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 188.2 in the Iranian month of Bahman (Jan. 21-Feb. 19), indicating a 4.6% rise compared to the previous month.

According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the �Food and Beverages� index registered a year-on-year increase of 62.8% compared with the similar month of last year.

CPI of �Food and Beverages� group in the 12-month period ending Feb. 19 increased by 31.2% compared with last year�s corresponding period.