TUNIS  - Tunisia's annual inflation eased to 6.5 percent in July after 6.8 percent in June, official data showed on Monday.

The statistics office cited lower transport costs as the reason for the decline.

(Reporting by Mohamed Argoubi, Writing by Ulf Laessing, editing by Ed Osmond) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))