KIEV, Nov. 6 – Consumer prices in Ukraine in October remained at the same level as a month and a year ago on average, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

The service said that inflation remained zero in annual terms for the third month in a row.

The statistics service said that since early 2012, consumer prices in Ukraine have fallen by 0.3%.

Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in October fell by 0.2% compared to September 2012. The highest fall was registered for vegetables (5.1%). Prices of sugar, rice, grain processing products were down by 2.3-1.4%, and prices of fish, fruit, meat and meat products decreased 0.9-0.1%. The prices of eggs, salo (pork fat) and margarine grew by 4.4-1.6%, and the prices of milk, sour cream, cheese, sour milk, bread, macaroni and sunflower oil were up by 0.8-0.2%.