South Korea's consumer prices grew less than one percent for the fourth consecutive month in January.

According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, the consumer price index came to 106-point-47 in January, up point-six percent from a year earlier. 

It marked the fourth straight month that the on-year consumer inflation grew less than one percent. 

Prices of agricultural, livestock and fisheries products jumped ten percent on-year in January. 

In particular, livestock prices rose eleven-point-five percent on-year to post the largest growth in about six years, as egg prices soared 15-point-two percent and beef prices jumped ten percent.

Industrial goods prices, however, dropped point-six percent on-year due to low oil prices, while prices of gas, water and electricity slipped five percent from a year earlier.