Consumer Price Index (CPI)

QUARTERLY AVERAGE PRICE OF SELECTED IMPORTED ITEMS
Base Period : November 2002 = 100.0
  Unit 2008 2009 Monthly-2009
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr Jul Aug Sep
FOOD GROUP                    
Fruits and Vegetables                    
  Potatoes kg 3.06 3.53 3.18 2.71 3.04 2.62 2.50 2.91 2.76
Onions kg 3.31 3.02 2.69 2.73 3.11 2.42 2.50 2.57 2.57
Apples kg 9.60 9.73 10.19 10.50 10.93 11.60 11.93 11.23 11.93
Orange kg 14.20 14.12 10.96 10.03 10.84 14.00 14.63 14.48 14.48
Meats, Fish and Poultry                    
  Mutton Flaps kg 7.39 7.07 6.44 6.29 6.98 7.67 7.91 8.43 9.66
Chicken Pieces kg 4.90 4.85 4.81 4.82 4.44 4.32 4.30 4.15 3.97
Other Food                    
  Flour kg 1.68 1.98 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.18 2.18 2.09 2.13
Sugar kg 1.51 1.55 1.53 1.70 1.86 1.97 1.94 1.89 1.89
HOUSING GROUP                    
House Maintenance Goods                    
  Reinforcing Steel each 16.99 18.56 20.95 22.68 25.30 25.30 25.30 25.30 25.30
Corrugated Iron 1' 4.64 4.66 5.14 6.26 6.41 6.41 6.41 6.41 6.41
TOBACCO, ALCOHOL & KAVA                    
Tobacco                    
  Winfield Blue packet 8.53 8.49 9.53 8.65 10.12 9.17 9.96 9.65 9.42
Port Royal Tobacco packet 13.01 12.98 13.03 13.02 12.86 13.06 13.24 13.24 13.58
TRANSPORTATION GROUP                    
Private Transportation                    
  Petrol litre 2.89 2.98 3.41 3.02 2.02 2.16 2.31 2.45 2.43
Diesel litre 3.02 3.20 3.86 3.23 2.30 2.14 2.24 2.43 2.38

Source: Consumer Price Index (CPI) monthly report, Statistics Department.

Note: Some differences may be due to decimal points round-off.

For more detail information on Selected Imported items please see Key Stats Excel work book.

Contact person:Falemasiva Fonua