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Haiti - Economy : Index of Consumer Prices (April 2014) 26/05/2014 12:18:56 The monthly increase is the result of the evolution of functions "Food, Beverages and Tobacco" (+0.8%), "Apparel, Textiles and Footwear" (+0.6%), "Development Equipment and Maintenance of Housing" (+0.5%), "Health" (+1.5%) and "Other Goods and Services" (+0.7%). Among the products that have most influenced the increase of the function "Food, Beverages and Tobacco" are found : ice (+0.2%), millet (+0.3%), corn grain (+0.3%), beef, goat and chicken to respectively (+0.7 %), ham (+1.4%), fresh fish (+2.0%), cod (+0.9%), cheese (+0.7%), eggs (+1.0%), coconut (+ 0.8%), avocado (+2.0%), mushroom (+2.3%), grapefruit, chadèque (+2.1%) and lemon (+11.2%). Note that the increase of the function "Apparel, Textiles and Footwear" particularly comes from the monthly price increases in tissue (+0.5%), costume, universal jacket (+1.1%), shirts (+0.5%), pants for men (+1.0%), dress, tailoring, shoes and sandals and tennis which increased (+0.8%). The rising price of bed linen (+1.5%), curtains (+0.9%), tablecloth (+0.7%), refrigerator (+2.7%) and miscellaneous services are mainly based on the progression of the function "Development, Equipment and Maintenance of Housing". Inflationary pressures of the function "Health" is consecutive to drug prices (+0.4%), the prescription glasses (+3.0%), the fees paid to doctors (+2.5%), laboratory analysis, radiography (+0.7%) and hospitalization costs (+1.5%). Finally, apart from toilet paper, shoes cleaning and phone subscription for all items of the function "Other Goods and Services" trended upward. Situation in figures by function for the whole country (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 2.7% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 6.2% Rent housing, energy and water : 4.8% Development and maintenance of housing : 3.8% Health : 6.4% Transport : 1.9% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 4.3% Other goods and services : 5.4% Situation in Figures local products (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 3.1% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 6.2% Rent housing, energy and water : 5.3% Development and maintenance of housing : 3.9% Health : 7.0% Transport : 0.7% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 3.4% Other goods and services : 2.1% Situation in Figures imported products (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 1.0% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 6.9% Rent housing, energy and water : 0.1% Development and maintenance of housing : 43% Health : 5.2% Transport : 2.7% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 11.8% Other goods and services : 7.8% General Price Index by Region (Variation on a month) : Metropolitan Area: +0.7% (Includes Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Petion-Ville, Carrefour and Croix des Bouquets.) Rest West: +0.5% (includes departments SouthEast and West excluding the Metropolitan Area) North: +0.7% (including the departments of North, Northeastern and Northwest) South: +0.4% (including departments of South Grand Anse and Nippes) Transversal: +0.6% (including departments of Centre and Artibonite) See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11030-haiti-economy-index-of-consumer-prices-march-2014.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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