The price for meat products didn't go up in Armenia on New Year, the statement by Armenia's National Statistical Service says.  

As compared to November, in December 2015, the prices for meat products in Armenia generally remained unchanged. Overall, the price for chicken and poultry rose by 0.3 percent, that of beef and khash by-products going up by 12,2 percent. Together with this, pork got cheaper by 5 percent, chicken legs by 2.6 percent, mutton by 1.5 percent and semi-smoked sausages by 0.7 percent.

Overall, the prices for meat went down by 3.7 percent over 12 months (from December 2014 to December 2015).

According to the National Statistical Service surveys conducted among households, during the last 4 years the percentage of expenditures for meat and meat products slightly reduced in consumer goods basket. If according to surveys conducted in 2010 it constituted about 10.2 percent, the number has reached 9.6 percent pursuant to the results of 2014.