KIEV, Jan. 6 – Consumer prices in Ukraine grew by 0.2% in December compared to November, the State Statistics Service reported.

The service said that in 2011 inflation totaled 4.6%.

Taken together, prices of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in December grew by 0.2%. The largest growth was registered for the price of eggs (by 9.6%). The prices of milk, cheese, sour milk and vegetables grew by 2.5-1.2%, while butter, soft drink and beef prices were 0.9-0.5% up.

However, prices of sugar decreased by 6.3%, while the prices of cereals with flour and rice fell by 3.2% and 2.9% respectively, and the prices of vegetable oil, fruits, pork, macaroni and fish fell by 0.7-0.1%.