Pakistan Market Price Bulletin, February 2013
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Sources
- WFP
- Publication date
- Origin
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Highlights
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In January, the prices of wheat and wheat flour in Pakistan reached an all-time high with an increase of 6.35% and 6.33% respectively, compared to the previous month. This was in contrast to a marginal decline observed in the prices in USA, Australia and India.
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General inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 8.1% year-on-year basis compared to 7.9% in the previous month and 10.1% in January 2012.
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Prices of most non-cereal essential food commodities showed marginal to modest increase. However, for the poultry products, the price of chicken increased by 9.8% while that of eggs decreased by 8.9%
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The price of petroleum products remained fairly stable.
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Further deterioration was observed in the purchasing power of poor households.