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THE STATISTICAL OFFICE CENTRAL PLANNING DIVISION MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC PLANNING ETC.

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Tel: 784 457 2921, 456 1111 Ext 592/353 Fax: 784 456 2430, Email: svg.stats@mail.gov.vc Website: http://www.stats.gov.vc Vol.

7 No.9 September 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No.

1 Analysis – Table No.


1 2 3 4 5 Average Retail Price of Selected Items 3 Average Retail Price of Selected Items SEPTEMBER 2017 compared With SEPTEMBER 2016 4 The Consumer Price Index by main groups 8 The Consumer Price Index contribution to change by Groups 10 Monthly Items by Group 11 Chart No.

1 COICOP Percentage Change for the Month of SEPTEMBER 2017 9 * * * i SEPTEMBER 2017 The consumer price index recorded no change for the month of September 2017.
The “All Items” index remained at 108.4 for the month of September 2017.

The “point-to-point” inflation rate stood at 1.9 percent.

Five (5) groups recorded increases during the month, “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” (0.7%), “Education” (0.7%), ”Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance” (0.6%), “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics” (0.4%) and “Restaurants and Hotels” (0.2%).

Two (2) groups recorded decreases for the month, “Transport” (1.3%) and “Health” (0.2%).
Five (5) groups remained unchanged during the period, “Clothing and Footwear”, “Housing, Electricity, Gas, Water and Other Fuels”, “Communication”, “Recreation and Culture” and “Miscellaneous Goods and Services”.
The “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” group index increased by 0.7 percent due to higher prices for several food items; pepper sauce (28.8%), jacks (25.0%), eddoes (11.0%), black-eye peas (10.2%), christophene (10.0%), brown sugar (9.0%), bacon (8.9%), yams (8.2%), oranges (6.3%), chicken leg quarters (5.7%) and sardines (5.2%).
The 0.7 percent growth in the “Education” index is due mainly to an increase in the annual tuition fees for an overseas university (6.7%) and pre-primary education school fees (1.9%), whereas, the 0.6 percent increase in the group index for “Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household 1 Maintenance” is attributed to an increase in the price of a spring mattress (57.9%) and a living room set (6.3%).
The 0.4 percent increase in the “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics” index is due to a rise in the price for vodka (5.4%), stout (3.4%) and red wine (3.0%).

Similarly, the “Restaurants and Hotels” index grew by 0.2 percent as a result of an increase of 50.0 percent in the price of a school meal and 18.4 percent increase in the cost of on-campus accommodation at overseas universities.
Lower prices for passenger airfare from St Vincent and the Grenadines to several destinations, namely, Trinidad and Tobago (20.9%), St. Lucia (18.6%) and Barbados (18.5%), contributed to the 1.3 percent decline in the “Transport” index, whereas, the 0.2 percent decrease in the “Health” index is mainly due to a reduction in the price of a drug that is used for the treatment of cancer (16.7%).
2 Table 1 Average Retail Price of Selected Items Items Unit Of Quantity Average Price EC$ September August 2017 2017 Change In Price Percentage Change In Price INCREASED Chicken -leg quarters Bacon Jacks Sardines in water Oranges Christophene Eddoes Yams Black-eye peas Brown sugar Pepper sauce White rum Whiskey - black label Vodka Red wine Stout Mattress - spring 54" x 75" Living room set Pre-primary education fees Tuition fee - overseas university - faculty of Social Sciences Mutton lunch School meals - pizza Accommodation - on campus Lb 16oz pkt Lb 106g tin Each Lb Lb Lb Lb Lb 155ml bottle 750ml bottle 750ml bottle 750ml bottle 750ml bottle 275ml bottle Each Each Per month Annual Each 1 slice semester DECREASED Drugs for cancer Passenger airfare from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to: St. Lucia Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Watermelon Cabbage Tomatoes Carrots Cucumbers Vegetable soup School meals - roti 1 mth's supply 15 18.00 -3.00 -16.67 458.65 473.73 472.5 3.16 3.47 4.69 4 2.38 3.65 3.00 563.34 581.45 597.24 3.49 3.76 5.3 4.52 2.98 4.23 5.00 -104.69 -107.72 -124.74 -0.33 -0.29 -0.61 -0.52 -0.60 -0.58 -2.00 -18.58 -18.53 -20.89 -9.46 -7.71 -11.51 -11.50 -20.13 -13.71 -40.00 1-way 1-way 1-way Lb Lb Lb Lb Lb 45g pkt Each 3 Table 2.1 Average Retail Price of Selected Items September 2017 Compared With September 2016 Items Unit of Quantity Average EC$ September 2017 September 2016 Change in Price Percentage Change in Price FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Beef - Fresh Chicken - Whole Chicken - Leg
 Quarters Chicken - Backs Chicken - Wings Turkey Wings Fish - Fresh (Deep Sea) Fish - Fresh (Jacks) Fish - Fresh (Robins) Chicken Franks Luncheon Meat (pork) Codfish Cornflakes Pasta - Elbows Milk - Evaporated Milk - Condensed Bread- Small Loaf, white Bread - Large Sliced Pan Loaf (white) Eggs Orange Juice Sugar - Brown ( loose) Sugar - White ( loose) Flour - Loose Flour - Packaged ( white) Flour - Packaged ( wholewheat) Rice - Loose Rice - Package Bananas Breadfruit Eddoes Dasheens Sweet Potatoes Oranges Tomatoes Cooking Margarine Vegetable Oil Powdered Chocolate Hairoun Fruit Cocktail ( not cold) Vitamalt Lb.
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340 g Pk 340 g Lb.

12 oz 340 g 410g Tin 397g Tin 5 Pk Each Doz 19 oz Tin Lb.

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445g Tub Litre 300g Pk 280 ml Bottle 310 ml Bottle -0.01 -0.10 0.55 0.00 1.00 -1.00 0.36 0.22 0.79 1.09 0.11 0.22 0.31 0.00 0.00 -0.44 0.33 0.15 0.31 -0.03 0.08 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.21 -0.13 0.03 0.06 0.79 0.25 -0.04 0.13 0.25 0.03 0.00 1.98 10.82 -0.62 -2.21 22.54 0.00 25.00 -20.00 6.76 2.77 5.63 8.37 2.28 7.14 9.42 0.00 0.00 -4.91 3.74 9.74 18.02 -2.16 1.20 0.00 2.08 0.22 0.00 1.57 6.71 -6.05 1.37 7.59 20.26 2.84 -0.36 1.22 10.82 0.53 Table 2.2 Average Retail Price of Selected Items September 2017 Compared With September 2016 Items Unit of Quantity Average EC$ September 2017 September 2016 Change in Price Percentage Change in Price ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO & NARCOTICS Rum - Local (White) Beer - Local Cigarettes Table wine ( local ) CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Textile material - Terelyne Textile material - Linen Men's Shirts - Long Sleeve Men's Jeans ( long) - size 30 Men's Shoes -Formal Women's Shoes - Formal Women's 2Pc Skirtsuit ( polyester) large Women's Blouse ( cotton/Spandex) 750 ml Bot.
280 ml Bot.

Pkt.

(10) 26 oz Bot.

Yd.

Yd.

Each Each Pair Pair Each Each HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY GAS AND OTHER FUELS Rent : Unfurnished House -2 Bedrooms Unfurnished House -3 Bedrooms Furnished Apartment - 2 Bedrooms Cement - Portland ( grey) Galvanise Sheets 10 ft. Oil Paint Lumber -Dressed Treated Yellow Pine (1x12x12) Water - Consumption Charge Kerosene Charcoal Cooking Gas Electricity Consumption Charge Month Month Month 94 Lbs Length Gallon Length 5000 Gallons Gallon Sack 20 Lb.

Cyl.
140 KWH FURNISHING, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE Bed - Cherry 54"x75" Double size sheets - coloured/cotton Frying Pan - 12" - non-stick Laundry Soap Electrical Bulb - 60W Each Each Each Each Each 1,162.88 105.00 55.84 1.24 6.16 1,162.50 105.00 52.76 1.15 6.34 5 0.75 -0.06 0.07 2.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -4.01 7.62 7.87 7.11 0.00 -1.72 0.00 3.52 -4.83 0.38 0.00 3.08 0.09 -0.18 2.57 -1.30 1.70 11.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -16.10 8.80 7.50 11.45 0.00 -20.65 0.00 10.35 -4.39 0.03 0.00 5.84 7.83 -2.84 Table 2.3 Average Retail Price of Selected Items September 2017 Compared With September 2016 Items Unit of Quantity Average EC$ September 2017 September 2016 Change in Price Percentage Change in Price HEALTH Doctor's Fee - Gynaecologist Eye Care Hospitalisation (Private Ward) Drug for Hypertension Drug for Diabetes Cough, Cold Preparation Dental Care Chest X- ray TRANSPORT Petrol - Unleaded Vehicle License (car) - not exd.
2000 lbs Bus Fare - Mesopotamia Boat Fare - Bequia COMMUNICATION Telephone Service - rental of line- domestic Telephone - Consumption Charge Internet Charge Fixed Line Domestic Rate - peak Mobile to Mobile - domestic RECREATION AND CULTURE Television 26 " Flat panel Cable TV Basic Charge Laptop Computer -13.3 " screen 2 GB Desktop Computer - 14" Monitor 3 GB Car Remote Control Dog Food (Canned) Dance Admission to Night Club Carnival costume and Band Fees (Adult) Visit Test Day Month supply Month supply 125 ml.
Visit Test Gallon Year One Way One Way Month 226 Units Month Minute Minute Each Month Each Each Each 374 g Tin Per Person Each Table 2.4 Average Retail Price of Selected Items September 2017 Compared With September 2016 Items Unit of Quantity Average EC$ September 2017 September 2016 Change in Price Percentage Change in Price EDUCATION Pre-Primary - Private Primary School Fee - Private Secondary School Fee - Private Newspaper - Local Exercise Book - Primary - 24 leaves Lead Pencils Mathematics Textbook - From 4 Tuition for local evening classes RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Chicken Lunch - regular Fish Lunch - regular Fast Food - 2 Pc Chicken and Fries MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES Toilet Soap Toothpaste Men's Haircut Women's Hairdressing ( Relaxer ) Disposable Diapers ( medium ) Health Insurance - Group (family) Legal Expenses (Affidavit) Month Term Term Each Each Each Each Per Subject Each Each Each 125g 130g Tube Visit Visit 10 per Pk.
≥3 Persons Fee Table 3 The Consumer Price Index by Main Groups January 2010 = 100 Groups Weight August September September 2017 2017 2016 Percentage Change Over Previous: Year September Month August 01.
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 21.91 114.3 115.1 111.4 02.

Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics 3.87 117.8 118.3 114.9 03.

Clothing and Footwear 3.22 105.2 105.2 104.8 04.

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels 30.06 99.0 99.0 99.3 05.

Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance 6.59 108.7 109.3 103.1 06.

Health 07.

Transport 1.79 106.8 106.6 107.6 11.84 122.3 120.7 118.4 08.

Communication 9.41 111.9 111.9 106.8 09.

Recreation and Culture 3.81 104.5 104.5 104.0 10.


Education 1.32 109.3 110.1 109.3 11.

Restaurants and Hotels 1.87 105.8 106.0 102.7 12.

Miscellaneous Goods and Services 4.31 102.8 102.8 101.4 ALL ITEMS 100.00 108.4 108.4 106.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.2 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.0 0.4 -0.3 6.0 -0.9 1.9 4.8 0.5 0.7 3.2 1.4 1.9 8 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 t n e c r e P % Chart 1.
COICOP Groups Percentage Change for September 2017 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.2 h t l a e H -1. - n o N d n a d o o F s c i t o c r a N & o c c a b o T , , y t i c i r t c e l E , r e t a W , , s g n h s i n r u F COICOP Groups 9 Table 4 The Consumer Price Index By Main Groups January 2010 = 100 Contribution To Change Groups Weight August 2017 September Percentage 2017 Change August 2017 September 2017 Cost Weight to Change % Cost Weight Change in Contribution 1.
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 21.91 114.3 115.1 2.

Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics 3.87 117.8 118.3 3.

Clothing and Footwear 4.

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels 3.22 30.06 105.2 99.0 105.2 99.0 5.

Furnishings, Household Equipment and 6.59 108.7 109.3 Household Maintenance 6.

Health 7.

Transport 8.

Communication 9.

Recreation and Culture 10.

Education 11.

Restaurants and Hotels 12.
Miscellaneous Goods and Services 1.79 11.84 9.41 3.81 1.32 1.87 4.31 106.8 122.3 111.9 104.5 109.3 105.8 102.8 106.6 120.7 111.9 104.5 110.1 106.0 102.8 ALL ITEMS 100.00 108.4 108.4 10 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.2 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 2,504.31 2,521.84 17.5 455.89 457.82 338.74 338.74 2,975.94 2,975.94 716.33 720.29 1.9 0.0 0.0 4.0 191.17 190.81 -0.4 1,448.03 1,429.09 -18.9 1,052.98 1,052.98 398.15 398.15 144.28 145.33 197.85 198.22 443.07 443.07 10,840.00 10,840.00 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table 5 Monthly Index - 2017 January 2010 = 100 Groups All Items Food & Non- & Alcoholic Clothing Housing Furnishings Health Transport Communi- Recreation Education Restaurants Miscell- aneous Beverages Goods Tobacco and Services Household Footwear Electricity Equipment Gas and Fuels & Culture & Hotels Water cation Alcoholic & Narcotics Beverages & Household Maintenance WEIGHT 100.00 21.91 3.87 3.22 30.06 6.59 1.79 11.84 9.41 3.81 1.32 1.87 4.31 MONTH January 106.7 112.1 116.8 104.8 February 106.4 111.5 116.5 104.9 March April 107.5 111.5 116.8 104.9 100.0 102.6 108.8 123.1 111.1 104.4 109.3 102.3 100.2 May 108.0 112.6 117.4 104.9 99.3 108.1 107.6 122.7 111.1 104.1 109.3 103.2 103.1 June 108.3 113.1 117.6 104.9 100.4 108.3 107.8 120.8 111.2 104.1 109.3 103.2 103.3 July 108.5 114.2 117.6 104.9 August 108.4 114.3 117.8 105.2 September 11