TEHRAN -- The average retail prices of certain goods showed increase in the period from September 15-21, compared to the figures in the preceding week.

The Economic Statistics Bureau of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said Sunday that the retail prices of sugar rose by one percent, red meat by 0.2 to one percent, chicken by 0.3 percent, imported Thai rice by 0.6 percent, non-pasteurized yogurt by 0.6 percent, non-pasteurized cheese by 0.7 percent, pasteurized butter by 0.1 percent, certain groups of beans by 0.1 to 2.5 percent, pomegranates by five percent, peaches by 2.3 percent, cantaloupes by 15.2 percent and muskmelons by 3.8 percent, in the week compared to prices in the preceding week.

According to the CBI report, the average retail prices of imported tea, sugar, non-Thai imported rice, and cucumber, remained unchanged. The CBI said the retail prices of Iranian rice dropped by 0.3 to 0.5 percent, peas by two percent, halved peas by 0.4 percent, lentil by 1.1 percent, certain kinds of fresh fruits by 0.2 to 4.4 percent, tomato by 2.8 percent, Iranian tea by 0.8 percent, vegetable oil by 0.2 to six percent, certain groups of fresh fruits by 0.8 to 11.1 percent, eggplant by 4.1 percent and marrow by 0.8 percent during the week compared to the prices in the preceding week.