KIEV, Aug. 6 – Industrial prices in Ukraine in July fell by 2.9%, and as a result their growth in annual terms slowed to 1.4%, down from 4.5% in June 2012, according to the State Statistics Service.

Industrial prices in January-June 2012 grew by 2.6%.

The service said that prices of products of the mining sector in July fell by 0.3% compared to June 2012. In extraction of fuel prices fell by 0.5%, including a fall of 1.3% in the extraction of coal. A fall of 0.1% was seen in the extraction of minerals, apart from fuels.