New Zealand food prices fall in July

FILE PHOTO - Customers walk through a fruit and vegetable market in front of the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, October 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File photo

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) - - New Zealand food prices fell 0.2 percent in July, data from Statistics New Zealand showed on Friday, while the index rose 3.0 percent from the same month last year.

Food prices make up nearly 19 percent of the consumer price index.