Arrival of winter vegetables and decline of international food prices have pulled down inflation further.
In November, the inflation fell to 6.05%, a nine-month low figure since January when it was 6.04%, said Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) report released yesterday.
The October inflation was 6.19%.
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said softening vegetable prices and continued fall of oil and food prices on global market contribued to the further cooling of inflation.
“If the supply chain remains undisrupted, inflation could be stable or reduced in future,” he said while briefing on the monthly consumer price index (CPI) at the NEC auditorium.
Overall month-to-month food inflation declined to 5.72% in November from 5.89% in October.
The drop in food prices is primarily due to the seasonal effect — arrival of fresh winter vegetables.
BBS data showed that non-food inflation fell to 6.56% in November from 6.67% in October. Overall inflation in the urban areas decreased to 6.88% from 6.91% and in the rural areas, it was 5.61%, down from 5.82% during the period.
In urban areas, food inflation was down 7.42% from 7.44% and non-food inflation saw a fall of 6.29% from 6.33% during the period.