SECTION
FOODSTUFFS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1983
5.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE-100)
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
SEP.82 AUG.83 SEP.83 SEP.82 AUG.83 SEP.83
138 144
151
138
144
150
HOUSING
127
138
138
127
138
138
FUEL AND LIGHT
134
145
148
134
145
149
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
124
183
184
124
177
178
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
130
138
141
130
139
142
DURABLE GOODS
108
113
116
110
116
119
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
125
133
135
123
132
134
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
142 156
158
142
158
160
SERVICES
135
153
154
134
151
152
ALL ITEMS
132
143 146
132
142
145
COMPARED WITH AUGUST, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY SEVEN POINTS IN CPI(A) AND BY SIX POINTS IN CPI(B).
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES ROSE DUE TO INADEQUATE SUPPLY CAUSED BY ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY TYPHOON ELLEN,
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF LIVE POULTRY WENT UP AS A RESULT OF HEAVY DEMAND AROUND THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF PORK, MOON CAKES AND FRESH FRUITS, SUCH AS ORANGES, APPLES AND MANGOES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SALT-WATER FISH DECREASED.
THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY THREE POINTS IN CPI(A) AND BY FOUR POINTS IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER FUEL COST ADJUSTMENTS IN ELECTRICITY AND TOWNGAS CHARGES.
HIGHER PRICES OF CIGARETTES CAUSED THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) TO INCREASE BY ONE POINT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).
THE THREE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING.
THE INDEX
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