Turkey's apparel, footwear sector sees lowest annual CPI rise in Feb

The consumer price index (CPI) for the clothing and footwear sector recorded the lowest annual rise of 21.69 per cent in February this year, according to TurkStat data. Its monthly decrease in the month was 1.76 per cent. CPI was 55.18 per cent annually and 3.15 per cent monthly in February.

Due to quakes, field prices could not be gathered in some provinces.

A 10 per cent change in general index was realised in CPI (2003=100) on the December 2022 figure, and the change was 55.18 per cent on the same month of the previous year.

On the twelve-months moving averages basis, the CPI change was 71.83 per cent in February.