KIEV, Aug. 5 – Ukraine's State Statistics Service for the first time this year registered deflation, which was 1.3% in July 2011 against 0.4% inflation in June 2011, 0.8% inflation in May 2011, 1.3% inflation in April 2011 and 1.4% inflation in March 2011.

The last time consumer prices posted deflation in Ukraine was in July 2010, when deflation was 0.2%, which was the fourth month in a row that consumer prices fell, dropping by 1.5% April through July 2010.