Hongkong Consumer Price Index October Clothing Category Increased By 9.5%

The census and Statistics Department of Hongkong announced October 2011. consumption Price index. Based on comprehensive consumer prices index The overall consumer price in October 2011 increased by 5.8% compared with the same month in 2010, the same as in 2011 September.

Eliminating all one-time bail outs of the Hongkong government Measures In the three months from 8 to October 2011, the average monthly increases in seasonal adjusted class A, B and C consumer prices were 0.4%, 0.5% and 0.5% respectively, while the corresponding increases in the three months from 2011 to September were 0.5%.

In all kinds of consumption items, the prices recorded in annual consumption in October 2011 increased by 19.9%, and increased by 22.1% in the consumer price index (CPI), mainly due to a 41.5% increase in the tobacco duty rate. Food (excluding meals) increased by 11.5% and 11.7% respectively, shoes and shoes (up 9.5% and 9.6% respectively), housing (8.3% and 6.7% respectively), outgoing meals (6% and 6.3% respectively), traffic (increased respectively, 6.3% and 6.3%), miscellaneous services (respectively, rising and falling) and miscellaneous items (respectively, rise and fall).

On the other hand, in October 2011, prices recorded year-on-year decreases in categories of electricity, gas and water (down 15.6% in the composite consumer price index and 18.2% in the class a consumer price index, mainly in the form of electricity subsidies by the government) and durable goods (down by 3% and 3.5% respectively).