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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

STATISTICS DIVISION

FEDERAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

SUBJECT: SENSITIVE PRICE INDICATOR (SPI) FOR THE WEEK ENDED MAR. 14, 2000.

The data regarding price movements for the week ended March 14, 2000 for 47 essential items in 12 major urban centres is given below:

2. The SPI, measured as a percentage change over corresponding week of last year, is 0.81 percent.

% Change over % Change during

SPI for SPI for last year week

week previous previous corresp. (Mar. 13, '99) as

Occupational ended week week i.e. week last compared to cor

Group Mar.14 Mar., 09 Mar, 09 year i.e. responding week

2000 2000 2000 Mar. 13, 99 (Mar. 18, 98)

INDUSTRIAL 226.58 226.70 -0.05 0.87 6.35

COMMERCIAL 229.08 229.16 -0.03 0.44 6.28

GOVERNMENT 226.25 226.39 -0.06 0.79 6.08

ALL CATEGORIES 226.48 226.61 -0.06 0.81 6.21

3. The trend of weekly SPI during last 10 weeks as compared to the same period in the previous year is given below:

Current Year Weeks Last Year Weeks

Week SPI % Change over Week SPI % Change over

ended ended

pre- corres- pre- corres-

vious ponding vious ponding

week week week week

13/01/20 225.62 0.27 1.14 09/01 223.08 -0.02 6.53

20/01/20 224.98 -0.28 0.63 16/01 223.57 0.22 6.84

27/01/20 224.97 0.00 0.08 23/01 224.79 0.55 6.90

03/02/20 225.21 0.11 0.33 30/01 224.48 -0.14 6.70

10/02/20 225.67 0.20 0.41 06/02 224.75 0.12 6.91

17/02/20 225.91 0.11 0.23 13/02 225.40 0.29 7.15

24/02/20 226.60 0.31 0.61 20/02 225.23 -0.08 7.03

02/03/20 226.09 -0.23 0.61 27/02 224.71 -0.23 6.41

09/03/20 226.61 0.23 0.88 06/03 224.64 -0.03 6.30

14/03/20 226.48 -0.06 0.81 13-03 224.65 0.00 6.21

4. The cumulative comparative % changes for the current and the previous years in respect of Sensitive Price Indicator and Kitchen Items Index since 1st week of July are as under:-

1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000

Sensitive Price Indicator 2.84 2.79 -0.04

Kitchen Items Index 2.92 2.52 -1.34

i. Average prices of the following 8 items registered DECREASE.

Item Unit Prices in Rs. on week ended % Change

over

09.03.2000 14.03.2000 Prev. week

Garlic Kg. 39.39 38.22 3.0

Wheat flour Kg. 8.81 8.74 0.8

Rice irri-6 Kg. 12.37 12.29 0.7

Moong pulse Kg 28.66 28.50 0.6

Eggs Doz. 23.70 23.62 0.3

Veg. ghee (tin) 2.5 Kg. 166.00 165.58 0.3

Mustard oil Kg. 60.36 60.24 0.2

Sugar Kg. 21.47 21.46 0.1

ii. Average prices of the following 11 items registered INCREASE.

Item Unit Prices in Rs. on week ended % Change

over

09.03.200 14.03.2000 Prev. week

Tomatoes Kg. 10.68 11.74 9.9

Bananas Doz. 21.31 21.54 1.1

Onions Kg. 5.40 5.45 0.9

Gur Kg. 19.49 19.65 0.8

Rice basmati (broken) Kg. 15.72 15.80 0.5

Mash pulse Kg. 38.23 38.42 0.5

Gram pulse Kg. 26.56 26.65 0.3

Potatoes Kg. 6.17 6.19 0.3

Wheat Kg. 8.58 8.60 0.2

Chicken farm Kg. 44.91 44.95 0.1

Milk fresh Ltr. 17.87 17.88 0.1

iii) Average prices of the following 28 items remained UNCHANGED.

Masoor pulse Tea Sandal Peshawari (Bata)

Beef (with bone) Tea prepared Sandal ladies (Bata)

Mutton Cooked beef (plate) Chappal spounge (Bata)

Break (Plain) Cooked dal (plate) Kerosene

Milk powdered (Nido) Cigarettes (K-2) Firewood

Curd Coarse latha Elect. bulb. (60-Watt)

Vegetable ghee loose Lawn Match box

Cooking oil Voil Washing soap

Salt powdered Shirting Bath soap (Lifebuoy)

Red chillies

6. Prices of 47 SPI items in 12 major urban centres are given at Annex - I.

7. Monthly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous month/period Corresponding month

1997-98 210.28 7.35 of last year, 96-97

JULY 206.09 0.15 11.88

AUGUST 206.38 0.14 10.95

SEPTEMBER 207.38 0.48 9.92

OCTOBER 208.12 0.36 9.23

NOVEMBER 210.08 0.94 8.68

DECEMBER 210.25 0.08 7.92

JANUARY 209.74 -0.24 6.07

FEBRUARY 210.37 0.30 4.94

MARCH 211.44 0.51 6.93

APRIL 212.90 0.69 3.75

MAY 213.18 0.13 3.40

JUNE 217.46 2.01 5.68

1998-99 223.82 6.44 of last year, 97-98

JULY 219.44 0.91 6.48

AUGUST 222.42 1.36 7.77

SEPTEMBER 221.33 -0.49 6.73

OCTOBER 222.64 0.59 6.98

NOVEMBER 226.26 1.63 7.70

DECEMBER 225.56 -0.31 7.28

JANUARY 223.81 -0.78 6.71

FEBRUARY 225.03 0.55 6.97

MARCH 224.46 -0.25 6.16

APRIL 223.44 -0.45 4.95

MAY 225.07 0.73 5.58

JUNE 226.36 0.57 4.09

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous month/period Corresponding month

1999-2000 of last year, 98-99

JULY 227.11 0.33 3.50

AUGUST 228.22 0.49 2.61

SEPTEMBER 228.59 0.16 3.28

OCTOBER 227.57 -0.45 2.21

NOVEMBER 227.87 0.13 0.71

DECEMBER 225.72 -0.94 0.07

JANUARY 225.19 -0.23 0.62

FEBRUARY 225.87 0.30 0.37

8. Quarterly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

Percentage Change over

Period SPI Previous Corresponding

quarter quarter

1997-98 of last year, 96-97

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 206.62 0.44 10.91

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 209.48 1.38 8.60

3rd Quarter (Jan-Mar) 210.52 0.50 5.98

4th Quarter (Apr-Jun) 214.51 1.90 4.28

1998-99 of last year, 97-98

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 221.06 3.05 6.99

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 224.82 1.70 7.32

3rd Quarter (Jan-Mar) 224.43 -0.17 6.61

4th Quarter (Apr-Jun) 224.96 0.23 4.87

1999-2000 of last year, 98-99

1st Quarter (Jul-Sep) 227.97 1.34 3.13

2nd Quarter (Oct-Dec) 227.05 -0.40 0.99

9. Half yearly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) with base 1990-91.

% Change over % Change over

Period SPI previous half corresponding half

1997-98 of last year, 96-97

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 208.05 2.90 9.74

2nd Half (Jan-Jun) 212.52 2.15 5.11

1998-99 of last year, 97-98

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 222.94 4.90 7.16

2nd Half (Jan-Dec) 224.70 0.79 5.73

1999-2000 of last year, 98-99

1st Half (Jul-Dec) 227.51 1.25 2.05

10. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for February, 2000 with base 1990-91.

1999 1998

Index %Change % Change Index %Change % Change

during during over last during during over last

Index the February year's corr. the Feb, '99 year's corr.

Type month 2000 month of Feb. month over month

of over 2000 over of Jan., 99 Feb., '99

Feb. 2000 Jan, '2000 February, '99 Feb., '99 Feb., '98

CPI 223.16 -0.02 3.02 216.61 0.38 6.24

WPI 229.06 1.05 -0.04 228.97 0.60 7.59

11. A review of current prices of cement collected for the week ended on 14.03.2000 indicates an increase of 0.28% over the previous week and a decrease of 0.45% as compared to the corresponding week of last year (Annex-II).

12. Submitted for information please.

Encl. (2)

(DR. N. M. LARIK)

DIRECTOR GENERAL

U.O. NO. FBS. PS. SPI (1)/99 DATED: 16-03-2000