Statistical office of the Republic of Serbia

BELGRADE - A total of 77.5 agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia are engaged in livestock breeding, shows the data released on Monday by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS).

As many as 99.9 percent out of 489,364 farms engaged in livestock breeding are family-owned agricultural holdings.

BELGRADE - Serbia's inflation in November stood at 2.4 percent, and in 11 months, since December 2013, its growth reached 2.2 percent, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia released in a statement on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian agriculture is dominated by mixed farms, since more than half of all the farms in the country (53.7 percent) belong to one of three groups of farms that both grow crops and breed animals, according to what has been said at the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce.

BELGRADE - Retail sale recorded an increase in Serbia in October on both the monthly and annual level, the preliminary data by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia show.

BELGRADE - Industrial production in Serbia was down 6.3 percent in January-October against a year earlier, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia said in a release Friday.

Industrial production fell 11.2 percent in October against October last year, and grew 2.7 percent compared to the 2013 average, according to the release.

BELGRADE - Investments in Serbia in 2013 were lower by 16.9 percent relative to the previous year, the results of the annual survey 'Investments in Basic Funds' show as reported by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

At the same time, investments in new basic funds recorded a drop by 17.6 percent in 2013.

BELGRADE - The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has for the first time released the results on environmental protection expenditures for the period 2006-2013, reading that they were 2.3 times higher in 2013 than in 2006.

Inflation to total 2.5 percent by end of year

BELGRADE -- Inter-annual inflation will total around 2.5 percent in the next few months, which is the upper limit of the target inflation rate, according to the NBS.

The central bank also said there is a chance for inflation to remain within the 4 percent plus or minus 1.5 percent target rate in some months.

BELGRADE - The inter-annual inflation will total around 2.5 percent in the next few months, which is the upper limit of the target inflation rate, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) stated.

NBS released that there is a chance for inflation to remain within the 4 percent plus or minus 1.5 percent target rate in some months.

BELGRADE - Serbia recorded a monthly deflation of 0.2 percent in October, while the inter-annual inflation totalled 1.8 percent, shows the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia issued on Wednesday.

Consumer prices of products and services recorded an increase by 2.2 percent compared to December 2013.