TABLE-Qatar May inflation drops to 2.6 pct

June 12 (Reuters) - Qatar's Statistics Authority released the following May consumer price data on Sunday.

QATAR CONSUMER INFLATION 05/16 04/16 05/15 pct change month/month -0.1 0.1 0.7 pct change year/year 2.6 3.4 1.4 NOTE - Housing and utility costs, which account for 22 percent of the consumer basket, rose 5.2 percent from a year earlier in May while food and beverage costs, which account for nearly 13 percent, fell 1.2 percent.

(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Andrew Heavens)