Prices of staple goods and the State Anti-Inflation Programme
The State Anti-Inflation Programme takes effect on 1 January 2027, with the Ministry of Economy and the Bank of Irad as the implementing bodies. From January the ministry will publish on this page, each month, a table of the prices of staple goods in the three cities, and will report on proposals to curb imports, on bazaar margins and on the pricing of fuel. The full text of the Programme will be published before it takes effect.
The fourteen goods observed
Since 28 October 2026 observers of the ministry and the Territorial Statistics Office record the price of each good every Wednesday at three stalls in each market: Bazar-i Kalan and Jıldız Market in Talas, the Central Market in Nurzhan and the Lower Town bazaar in Iyık Janyl. Prices are in som at the official rate where a good is sold in dollars.
| No. | Good | Table from |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bread (white loaf, 500 g) | January 2027 |
| 2 | Flour, first grade (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 3 | Potatoes (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 4 | Onions (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 5 | Rice (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 6 | Sugar (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 7 | Sunflower oil (1 l) | January 2027 |
| 8 | Mutton (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 9 | Beef (1 kg) | January 2027 |
| 10 | Milk (1 l) | January 2027 |
| 11 | Eggs (10) | January 2027 |
| 12 | Tea, black (250 g) | January 2027 |
| 13 | Diesel fuel (1 l) | January 2027 |
| 14 | Coal (1 tonne, delivered) | January 2027 |
Prices today
Until the monthly table begins, the official consumer price index and the average prices of goods in Talas are published by the Territorial Statistics Office: stats.iradgov.org/prices.html.
Report a price
Shoppers may report a sharp rise in the price of a staple good, or a seller who refuses to sell at the marked price, to the business hotline 21-44-44 or to prices@economy.iradgov.org. Please give the market, the row or shop and the date. The ministry does not set prices and cannot order a seller to lower a price; reports are used for the monthly table and passed to the bazaar administration.