Highlights
- Food purchasing power of households increased 0.9% in rural areas and decreased 1.6% in urban areas month-on-month.
- Retail price of lowest quality rice increased 1.3% in rural areas and 1.7% in urban areas month-on-month.
- Wholesale price of mixed rice increased 1.4% month-on-month and decreased 4.6% year-on-year.
- Export price of Thai rice decreased 1.9% while export price of Vietnamese rice increased 3.2% month-on-month.
- FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July, a 2.6% decrease month-on-month due to falling food commodities prices.
- The inflation rate in Cambodia was 2.9% in June. Food and gasoline prices increased 0.3% and 0.2% respectively month-on-month.