CPI_1Qtr22

 

Highlights

1.    The Consumer Price Index, which stood at 113.3 in December 2021, registered a net increase of 6.8 points (or +6.0%) to reach 120.1 in March 2022.
2.    The main contributors for the net increase in CPI from December 2021 to March 2022 were:

•       -  higher prices of vegetables (+3.0 points), meat (+0.2 point), culinary herbs (+0.2 point), fish (+0.1 point), trader's rice (+0.1 point), fruits (+0.1 point), sugar (+0.1 point), frozen semi- prepared foods (+0.1 point), and some other food products (+0.3 point);
•      -  higher interest rates on housing loans (+0.1 point) and higher workman's wages (+0.1 point);
•      -  higher prices of washing materials and softeners (+0.1 point), some major household appliances (+0.1 point) and furniture (+0.1 point);
•      -  higher doctor's fees (+0.2 point);
•      - higher prices of gasolene (+1.1 points), diesel (+0.1 point) and motor vehicles (+0.3 point);
•      - higher prices of some prepared foods (+0.1 point), goods for personal care (+0.2 point) and, some other goods and services (+0.3 point);

     partly offset by

•      - lower electricity tariffs (-0.2 point).

3.    The headline inflation rate for the twelve months ending March 2022 worked out to 6.0%, compared to 2.2% for the twelve months ending March 2021. 
4.    The headline inflation rate excluding “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco" for the twelve months ending March 2022 worked out to 5.7%, compared to 2.3% for the twelve months ending March 2021.

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  Statistics Mauritius
  Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development
  14 April 2022