KIEV, March 6 - Consumer prices in Ukraine in February again declined by 0.1% following two months of 0.2% growth, the State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.

According to the service, deflation in annual terms in February accelerated to 0.5%, compared to 0.2% in January.

The service said that in general over the first two months of 2013 inflation was 0.1%, while a year ago it was equal to 0.4%.

According to the service, on the consumer market in the country in February the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 0.2% compared to January this year.