Prices Statistics                                                               Pictures of Montenegro 
Retail prices in Montenegro are monitored in four towns: Podgorica,
Niksic, Kotor and Pljevlja.The List of Products and Services contains
382 items where 320 are products and 62 services.The List of Consumer
Prices contains 303 products and 62 services which makes 365 items.
Prices are monitored on monthly basis. Indices of retail and consumer
prices are made on the basis of these monitored prices. Indices of
prices are weighted by structure of value of products and services,
while indices of consumer prices are weighted on the basis of survey
on income and expenditures of households. Indices are produced monthly.
Annual index is cumulative.

INDEX OF RETAIL PRICES                                                  Ø 2003=100
 
2004
   
Total index (including seasonal products)
103.4
Total index (excluding seasonal products)
103.3
Index of agricultural products (including seasonal)
95.0
Index of agricultural products (excluding seasonal)
93.8
Index of industrial products - total
102.8
Industrial products - food
102.5
Industrial products - non-food
103.3
Index of beverages
101.5
Index of food products (including seasonal)
101.4
Index of food products (excluding seasonal)
101.4
Index of goods
102.3
Index of services
108.2

Retail prices in 2004, compared to 2003 increased 3.4%.
Monitoring the increase according to product groups and services, the
highest increase in 2004 was in services 8.2%, prices of industrial products
totally 2.8% and beverages 1.5%, while prices of agricultural products were
5% lower.

COSTS OF LIVING INDEX                                                          Ø 2003=100
 
2004
   
Total index
102.4
Food
101.0
Tobacco and beverages
100.5
Clothing and footwear
105.9
Housing
107.0
Fuel and light
104.5
Household furnishings
101.3
Hygiene and health
102.2
Culture and leisure
105.5
Transport and PTT
106.1
Goods
101.8
Services
107.4

Costs of living in 2004, compared to 2003, increased 2.4%. The
highest increase in 2004 was in expenditures for dwelling 7% and
traffic and Post service 6.1%, clothes and footware 5.9%, culture
and entertainment 5.5%, hygiene and health 2.2%, housing 1.3 %,
food 1% and tobacco and beverages 0.5%.



















































  
  Population : 650 575
  Largest City : Podgorica
  Climate : Mediterranean
  Average ºC in July : 25ºC
  Average ºC in January : 5ºC
  Highest Peak :Kuk  2.522 m
  Coastline : 293,5 km
  Land borders : 614 km
  Deepest canyon : Tara -1.300
  Language : Crnagorski
  Largest bay : Boka Kotorska
  National parks :
  - Lovcen - 6.400 ha
  - Biogradska gora - 5.400 ha
  - Lake Skadar - 40.000 ha  
  - Durmitor - 39.000 ha

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