Poland: CPI during the COVID-19 pandemic by goods and services 2020

As a result of gradually introduced restrictions on trade and movement of individuals since March 2020, which aimed to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Poland, many shops and personal service providers have closed. Consequently, prices of consumer goods and services in May 2020 increased by 2.9 percent (with a 7.1 percent increase in services and 1.4 percent in products), compared to the same month last year .
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Consumer price indices (CPI) of goods and services during the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Poland between March and May 2020, by category

Characteristic	March	May
Total	4.6%	2.9%
Goods	3.8%	1.4%
Services	6.5%	7.1%
FOOD, NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO	7.3%	5.8%
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES	8%	6.2%
Food	8.6%	6.5%
Rice	6.3%	7.8%
Flour	4.8%	5.7%
Bread	8.5%	8.9%
Pasta products and couscous	4.3%	4.5%
Meat	15.3%	7.1%
Beef	3.1%	1.9%
Veal	4.2%	3.8%
Pork	27.1%	6.5%
Poultry	8.3%	-3.7%
Dried, salted or smoked meat	15.2%	11.3%
Fish and seafood	4.7%	4.1%
Milk, cheese and eggs	3.3%	3.8%
Milk	-	7.6%
Yoghurt, cream, milk-based desserts, milk-based beverages and other similar milk-based products	3.5%	3.9%
Cheese and curd	2.5%	3.1%
Eggs	0.7%	1.1%
Oils and fats	-0.7%	-0.7%
Vegetable fats	1.3%	1.4%
Animal fats:	-2.2%	-2.3%
of which butter	-4.4%	-4.2%
Fruit	19.3%	27.9%
Vegetables	7.9%	2.2%
Sugar	6.8%	7.5%
Non-alcoholic beverages	2.1%	2.7%
Coffee	1.3%	1.9%
Tea	1.3%	2.8%
Cocoa and powdered chocolate	4.9%	5.6%
Mineral or spring waters	2.5%	3.8%
Fruit and vegetable juices	3.5%	2.2%
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO	4.3%	4.5%
Alcoholic beverages	3.5%	3.7%
Tobacco	6.1%	6.5%
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR	-1.7%	-4.2%
Garments	-2.6%	-4.2%
Footwear	0.4%	-4.6%
DWELLING	5.9%	5.8%
HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS	7.5%	7.5%
Actual rentals for housing	6.3%	5.6%
Water supply	3.2%	2.9%
Refuse collection	52.9%	53.2%
Sewage collection	4.9%	4.8%
Electricity, gas and other fuels	5.5%	5.2%
Electricity	13.2%	11.7%
Gas	-1.2%	-0.2%
Liquid and solid fuels	-0.2%	-0.2%
Heat energy	2.6%	2.4%
FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE	0.6%	0.5%
Furniture and furnishings	-0.7%	-1.6%
Household appliances	-1.4%	-1.6%
Cleaning and maintenance products	1.6%	3.2%
Domestic services and household services	6.7%	7%
HEALTH	4.2%	5.5%
Pharmaceutical products	3.8%	3.9%
Therapeutic appliances and equipment	1.5%	1.9%
Medical services	7.3%	8.8%
Dental services	5.9%	14.3%
Hospital services	3.2%	3.2%
TRANSPORT	-1.4%	-12.8%
Purchase of vehicles	-3.2%	-1.4%
motor cars	-3.4%	-1.5%
Fuels for personal transport equipment	-2.9%	-23.4%
Diesel	-5.2%	-22%
Petrol	-1.6%	-24%
Liquid petroleum gas and other fuels for personal transport equipment	-3.3%	-25.2%
Transport services	3.6%	5.2%
COMMUNICATION	2.4%	3.2%
Telephone and telefax equipment	-9.9%	-9.3%
Telephone and telefax services	2.9%	3.7%
RECREATION AND CULTURE	2.5%	2%
Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment	-4.1%	-3.2%
Recreational and cultural services	2.2%	2.1%
Recreational and sporting services	4.6%	4.3%
Cultural services	1.3%	1.3%
of which television and radio licence fees, subscriptions	-1.4%	-1.5%
Books	4.5%	2.5%
Newspapers and periodicals	5.9%	7.4%
Stationery and drawing materials	3.3%	3.1%
Package holidays	4.9%	4.5%
Package domestic holidays	7.4%	8.1%
Package international holidays	3%	1.7%
EDUCATION	5%	4.8%
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS	6.3%	6%
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES	2.6%	3.6%
Personal care	2.4%	4.1%
Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments	7.7%	11.4%
Articles for personal hygiene and wellness, esoteric products and beauty products	1.3%	2.5%
Social care	8.2%	10.1%
Insurance	3.6%	1.2%
Charges by banks and post offices	1.1%	39.3%