The year-on-year food inflation has increased by 10.7 percent in February 2019 as compared to the one witnessed in February 2018.
In the current month, teff and maize prices showed a slight increase.
Fruit, meat, milk, cheese and eggs, butter, and spices also witnessed an increase.
However, wheat, rice, barely and sorghum showed slight declines, it added.
The non-food inflation also increased in February mainly due to rise in the prices of narcotics and stimulants, clothing and footwear, house rent, housing repair and maintenance, and energy (firewood and charcoal), and household goods and furnishings, health care and transport (specially household car).