CONSUMER PRICE INDEX JANUARY / 2012

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

JANUARY / 2012

No.1

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Composite CPI (114.45) for January 2012 increased by 6.80% year-on-year. The increment was attributable to rising charges for meals bought away from home and outbound package tours. Meanwhile, subsidy on electricity charges and lowered telecommunication charges tapered off part of the increment of the Composite CPI.

For the 12 months ended January 2012, the average Composite CPI increased by 5.96% from the preceding period; the average CPI-A and CPI-B rose by 5.66% and 6.16%

respectively.

In comparison with January 2011, price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+26.50%); Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+10.21%); Recreation & Culture (+10.17%) and Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+9.06%) registered marked increase on account of dearer prices of fresh fish, fresh meat, airfare, gasoline, gold jewellery and soaring tobacco tax, as well as higher charges for meals bought away from home, outbound package tours and hairdressing & grooming services during the Lunar New Year period. On the contrary, price index of Communication decreased by 6.41% year-on-year. The CPI-A (113.48) and CPI-B (115.03) for January 2012 increased by 6.56% and 7.14% respectively year-on-year.

1 - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Unit Composite CPI CPI-A CPI-B

Index value for January 2012 114.45 113.48 115.03 Year-on-year change % 6.80 6.56 7.14 Annualized change % 5.96 5.66 6.16 Month-to-month change % 0.93 0.89 1.11

CHART 1 - YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE OF CPI

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00

Jan. 2011 Mar. 2011 May 2011 Jul. 2011 Sep. 2011 Nov. 2011 Jan. 2012

%

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The Composite CPI for January 2012 increased by 0.93% month-to-month, of which the price index of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco and Recreation & Culture; increased by 13.89%

and 4.26% respectively. However, price index of Clothing & Footwear decreased by 3.55%

month-to-month on account of seasonal sale of clothing. Meanwhile, the CPI-A and CPI-B increased by 0.89% and 1.11% respectively month-to-month.

The 2008/2009-based Composite CPI reflects the impact of price changes on the general population. The CPI-A relates to about 50% of the households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP6,000 to MOP18,999. The CPI-B relates to about 30%

of the households, which have an average monthly expenditure of MOP19,000 to MOP34,999.

2 - CHANGES OF THE COMPOSITE CPI, CPI-A AND CPI-B BY SECTION

%

Contribution to the year-on- year change of the

Global Index Goods and services

Com- posite

CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite CPI

CPI-A CPI-B Com- posite

CPI

CPI-A CPI-B

Global Index 6.80 6.56 7.14 0.93 0.89 1.11 5.96 5.66 6.16 100.00 100.00 100.00 Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages 10.21 10.39 10.19 1.18 1.26 1.16 8.48 8.53 8.51 50.75 60.81 47.91

Food 12.04 12.07 12.18 1.67 1.69 1.68 8.69 8.68 8.80 21.56 29.27 19.09

Meals bought away from home 9.35 9.43 9.36 0.92 0.99 0.91 8.54 8.65 8.53 28.78 31.01 28.45 Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco 26.50 26.93 26.41 13.89 14.28 13.62 3.37 3.28 3.56 4.65 6.39 4.18 Clothing & Footwear 3.35 3.42 3.51 -3.55 -3.58 -3.50 6.43 6.32 6.34 3.63 2.76 4.07

Garments 3.61 3.64 3.85 -3.81 -3.92 -3.69 6.53 6.56 6.42 2.94 2.22 3.39

Footwear 2.63 3.01 2.76 -3.12 -2.84 -3.18 6.26 5.89 6.48 0.64 0.54 0.71

Housing & Fuels 2.69 1.58 3.90 -0.57 -1.21 0.30 3.37 3.08 3.61 8.47 6.21 10.62 Electricity charges -19.51 -19.51 -19.51 - - - -15.11 -15.11 -15.11 -6.91 -9.12 -5.95 Liquefied petroleum gas -1.48 -1.48 -1.48 - - - 10.52 10.52 10.52 -0.28 -0.39 -0.23 Household Goods & Furnishings 4.82 5.04 4.64 0.96 0.78 1.02 4.65 4.73 4.51 2.18 1.66 2.29 Health 5.74 5.59 6.27 0.48 0.43 0.55 6.07 6.25 6.47 2.51 2.41 2.62 Transport 7.46 7.00 7.90 2.27 2.20 2.64 8.80 8.50 9.51 8.65 6.08 8.92 Communication -6.41 -6.80 -6.67 0.05 0.04 0.05 -10.53 -10.43 -10.86 -2.63 -3.50 -2.44 Recreation & Culture 10.17 10.17 9.99 4.26 4.35 4.09 5.67 5.92 5.75 8.75 7.29 8.92 Outbound package tours 34.78 34.39 33.79 18.93 21.20 17.83 9.92 10.39 10.41 5.85 4.41 6.09

Education 1.88 3.15 1.81 - - - 1.57 2.70 1.50 1.33 1.81 1.19

Miscellaneous Goods & Services 9.06 8.22 8.92 2.89 4.59 2.78 9.05 7.46 8.89 11.70 8.07 11.71 Jewellery, clocks and watches 20.26 18.72 20.14 -0.22 -0.09 -0.22 22.87 20.37 22.83 4.14 0.93 4.14 - Absolute value equals zero

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

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Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 32.78 1.12 6.75 22.82 3.13 2.90 7.88 3.52 5.93 5.16 8.02

2010 104.25 107.41 114.23 110.84 98.21 102.94 106.57 102.97 92.30 104.56 99.42 110.61 2011 110.30 116.16 115.59 118.30 101.58 107.60 113.04 111.97 82.45 109.95 100.93 120.63 2011

1 107.16 110.57 114.32 117.22 100.59 105.40 110.03 107.26 84.78 105.79 100.26 117.24 2 108.13 112.25 114.33 115.28 101.21 105.85 110.76 108.95 84.79 110.86 100.33 116.42 3 108.63 113.94 114.37 112.90 101.35 106.26 111.02 110.30 84.78 109.15 100.33 117.11 4 108.74 114.25 114.34 114.49 99.70 106.86 111.43 111.73 84.77 110.00 100.33 118.10 5 109.46 114.79 114.51 119.33 100.38 107.08 112.34 112.32 84.71 108.61 100.33 118.96 6 110.29 115.73 114.33 121.86 100.87 107.51 112.70 112.43 84.62 109.85 100.33 120.67 7 110.85 116.89 114.47 119.97 101.25 107.78 113.19 113.39 84.57 110.89 100.34 121.38 8 110.80 117.29 114.71 117.28 101.07 108.17 113.65 114.32 79.31 111.97 100.35 122.22 9 111.48 118.53 114.86 115.69 102.23 108.77 114.46 113.97 79.29 110.42 102.13 123.41 10 112.12 119.44 114.94 118.09 103.06 109.02 115.38 113.59 79.29 109.80 102.15 123.70 11 112.56 119.75 114.94 121.92 103.42 109.12 115.71 112.73 79.21 110.31 102.15 124.04 12 113.40 120.44 126.98 125.60 103.88 109.43 115.78 112.70 79.31 111.79 102.15 124.27

2012

1 114.45 121.86 144.62 121.14 103.30 110.48 116.34 115.26 79.35 116.55 102.15 127.87

4 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-A

4/2008 - 3/2009 = 100

Year/

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 36.94 1.44 4.82 27.22 2.19 2.71 5.78 4.22 4.71 4.00 5.96

2010 103.77 107.54 114.74 110.95 98.32 103.47 107.31 100.85 92.45 105.02 99.13 108.31 2011 109.49 116.33 115.97 118.25 101.51 108.21 114.05 109.38 82.74 110.73 101.74 116.49 2011

1 106.49 110.67 114.81 117.05 100.72 105.64 111.03 104.96 85.20 106.44 100.61 115.14 2 107.49 112.37 114.81 115.01 101.39 106.19 111.75 106.40 85.21 112.09 100.72 113.57 3 108.07 114.12 114.85 112.85 101.52 106.54 112.07 107.84 85.21 109.55 100.72 113.86 4 107.90 114.29 114.80 114.26 99.72 107.38 112.61 109.29 85.20 110.52 100.72 114.44 5 108.53 114.81 114.96 118.88 100.42 107.65 113.39 109.72 85.15 109.23 100.72 114.96 6 109.35 115.78 114.74 121.75 100.91 108.24 113.83 109.74 85.07 110.63 100.72 116.65 7 110.02 117.16 114.74 120.12 101.27 108.59 114.34 110.78 85.03 111.47 100.75 116.97 8 109.81 117.55 115.01 117.39 100.81 109.05 114.71 111.46 79.37 112.73 100.76 117.36 9 110.66 118.81 115.08 115.92 101.95 109.50 115.38 111.26 79.36 111.63 103.77 118.40 10 111.32 119.74 115.15 118.13 102.76 109.77 116.17 110.96 79.36 110.87 103.78 118.52 11 111.71 120.00 115.14 122.03 103.12 109.85 116.59 110.25 79.30 111.30 103.78 118.81 12 112.48 120.65 127.52 125.55 103.57 110.11 116.73 109.89 79.38 112.37 103.78 119.15

2012

1 113.48 122.18 145.72 121.05 102.31 110.97 117.23 112.31 79.41 117.26 103.78 124.61

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5 - TIME SERIES OF THE CPI-B

Month

Global Index

Food &

Non- Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverages

& Tobacco

Clothing

&

Footwear

Housing

& Fuels

Household Goods &

Furnishings

Health Transport Communi- cation

Recreation

&

Culture

Education

Miscel- laneous

Goods &

Services

Weight 100.00 32.59 1.06 7.63 20.76 3.60 2.91 8.04 3.32 6.45 5.03 8.60

2010 104.38 107.42 113.85 110.59 98.08 102.50 106.54 102.74 92.08 104.78 99.00 110.56 2011 110.63 116.20 115.44 117.90 101.59 107.01 113.43 112.49 81.95 110.28 100.43 120.41 2011

1 107.37 110.60 113.99 116.49 100.47 104.94 110.18 107.57 84.36 106.05 99.79 117.02 2 108.34 112.32 114.01 114.58 101.06 105.38 111.04 109.28 84.37 110.89 99.86 116.34 3 108.86 114.00 114.04 112.36 101.20 105.79 111.29 110.79 84.37 109.54 99.86 117.00 4 109.08 114.39 114.05 114.04 99.57 106.37 111.61 112.45 84.35 110.34 99.86 117.97 5 109.84 114.93 114.25 119.13 100.25 106.57 112.62 112.83 84.29 109.09 99.86 118.83 6 110.68 115.87 114.10 121.72 100.75 106.90 112.95 112.89 84.20 110.30 99.86 120.40 7 111.17 116.88 114.40 119.78 101.13 107.07 113.47 113.86 84.15 111.26 99.86 121.10 8 111.18 117.28 114.66 117.03 101.25 107.46 114.00 114.81 78.69 112.28 99.87 121.95 9 111.85 118.52 114.92 115.50 102.42 108.14 114.98 114.77 78.67 110.71 101.59 123.12 10 112.47 119.40 115.01 117.75 103.27 108.35 116.12 114.28 78.67 110.17 101.60 123.39 11 112.93 119.77 115.01 121.46 103.59 108.43 116.42 113.28 78.59 110.67 101.60 123.73 12 113.77 120.48 126.83 124.95 104.07 108.69 116.45 113.09 78.70 112.06 101.60 124.02

2012

1 115.03 121.87 144.10 120.57 104.39 109.81 117.09 116.07 78.73 116.64 101.60 127.46

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Average retail price (MOP)

2011 2012 Rate of change (%)

Item Unit

January October November December January Month-to- month

Year-on- year

Thai rice 11.89 11.93 12.00 12.00 11.95 -0.42 0.53

Beef 72.60 93.92 93.79 95.40 95.87 0.50 32.04 Beef shin 69.19 89.26 88.82 90.63 92.42 1.98 33.59

Lean meat 51.71 63.16 63.05 63.11 63.34 0.37 22.49 Pork chop 52.42 63.40 62.81 63.40 63.52 0.19 21.17

Chicken 36.01 38.25 38.25 38.25 38.54 0.74 7.02 Golden thread 70.48 80.28 78.89 78.56 84.40 7.43 19.74

Pomfret 128.93 150.08 154.96 137.52 124.89 -9.19 -3.13 Sole 146.40 192.56 188.43 172.87 172.02 -0.49 17.50 Grass carp kg 36.89 44.21 44.98 45.06 45.49 0.96 23.30

Head of “Tai U” 50.46 68.21 68.78 69.59 69.32 -0.39 37.37 Fresh-water perch 77.01 86.09 83.92 83.83 83.58 -0.29 8.54 Chinese cabbage 13.98 14.30 14.14 13.76 13.28 -3.47 -5.00 Choy sum 18.95 18.29 18.63 18.50 18.69 1.06 -1.36 Chinese lettuce 10.47 13.71 12.47 12.19 11.73 -3.77 12.03 Hairy gourd 18.85 13.44 13.61 17.73 15.98 -9.85 -15.23

Tomato 11.80 12.13 12.06 11.93 12.34 3.44 4.55 Carrot 11.05 11.52 11.38 10.89 11.38 4.48 2.91

Banana 7.80 8.80 8.80 8.80 8.91 1.30 14.30

Orange 4.05 4.22 4.07 3.94 4.14 5.08 2.36 Apple each 4.45 4.12 4.07 4.07 4.21 3.53 -5.37 Hen egg 1.13 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.19 - 5.06

MOP : Macao Pataca

Note；Due to rounding, the results displayed may not correspond to the results calculated.

0^# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed

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The following statistical tables are available for download from DSEC website

1G - Time Series of the Composite Consumer Price Index (Composite CPI) by Section 1A - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index A (CPI-A) by Section

1B - Time Series of the Consumer Price Index B (CPI-B) by Section 2G - Month-to-Month Change of the Composite CPI by Section 2A - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-A by Section

2B - Month-to-Month Change of the CPI-B by Section 3G - Year-on-Year Change of the Composite CPI by Section 3A - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-A by Section

3B - Year-on-Year Change of the CPI-B by Section 4G - Annualized Change of the Composite CPI by Section 4A - Annualized Change of the CPI-A by Section

4B - Annualized Change of the CPI-B by Section

5G - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 5A - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

5B - Changes of the Sections of Goods and Services of the CPI-B

6G - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the Composite CPI 6A - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-A

6B - Changes of the Subgroups of Goods and Services of the CPI-B 7 - Average Retail Prices of Selected Food Items

8G - Changes of the Quarterly Composite CPI by Section 8A - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-A by Section

8B - Changes of the Quarterly CPI-B by Section

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