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FUEL AND LIGHT
148.8
146.8 146.8
148.3 146.7 146.7
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
207.8
209.3 231.0 200.3 201.6 221.4
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
150.5
161.4
164.9 150.5 161.9 166.2
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
124.2
123.8
MI SCELLANEOUS GOODS
149.1
150.3
TRANSPORT AND
167.7 175.1
123.9 127.4
150.3 146.6
181.1 169.8
128.3 128.5
146.2 146.2
177.0
181.9
VEHICLES
SERVICES
182.6 180.0 163.2 178.5
176.1
ALL ITEMS
164.7
152.9 157.9 159.3 152.4 158.0 159.1
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 1.2 POINTS IN CPI(A) AND 1.1 POINTS IN CPI(B). THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH, AND THE AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES ROSE. THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF AERATED WATER ALSO WENT UP AFTER DUTIES ON NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WERE INTRODUCED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. ON THE OTHER HAND,
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT AND PORK DECREASED. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) ROSE BY 21.7 POINTS IN CPI(A) AND 19.8 POINTS IN CPI (B), REFLECTING THE IMPACT OF THE INCREASES IN THE DUTIES ON IMPORTED CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO AND ON BEER AND NON-EUROPEAN TYPE WINES AND SPIRITS EFFECTED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
HI GHER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING PUSHED UP THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR BY 3.5 POINTS IN CPI(A) AND 4.3 POINTS IN CP1 (B).
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES WENT UP BY 6.0 POINTS IN OPI(A) AND 4.9 POINTS IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASES IN BUS FARES, DRIVING AND VEHICLE LICENCE FEES, AND GASOLINE PRICES.
HOWEVER, THE INDEX FOR SERVICES DECREASED BY 2.6 POINTS IN OP1(A) AND 2.4 POINTS IN CPI (B) DUE TO LOWER CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING, PACKAGE TOURS AND ADMISSION TO NIGHT CLUBS AND DI SCOTHEQUES AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
/PRICE MOVEMENTS