KIEV, Aug. 6 – The fall in industrial prices in Ukraine accelerated to 2.9% in July, compared to 2.7% in June, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

The service said that since early 2013, industrial prices in the country have grown by 0.7%.

The report says that a fall of 1.6% in annual terms was registered in July (year-over-year).

According to the service, prices in the mining industry and quarry development fell by 4.6% in July. In iron ore production prices were down by 12.5%, that for coal production – by 1.2%, and natural gas, stone, sand and clay production – by 0.1%.