APPENDIX TABLE 25 : VARIATIONS IN INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES

(BASE : 1993-94 = 100)

(Per cent)

Variations

End-June

Major Group/Sub-group/
Commodity

Weight

Point-to-point basis

Average basis

Point-to-point basis

2004-05

2005-06

2004-05

2005-06

2005-06

2006-07 P

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

All Commodities

100.000

5.1

4.1

6.4

4.4

4.3

4.8

I.

Primary Articles

22.025

1.3

5.4

3.7

2.9

1.1

7.1

1.

Food articles

15.402

3.0

6.6

2.7

4.8

4.1

7.5

a)

Cereals

4.406

2.9

6.2

0.9

4.5

5.3

4.8

i) Rice

2.449

2.9

2.7

-0.4

3.8

5.0

0.8

ii) Wheat

1.384

-1.1

12.9

1.4

3.9

3.4

8.5

b)

Pulses

0.603

-2.6

33.2

-1.2

11.5

7.4

33.3

c)

Fruits and vegetables

2.917

11.6

2.1

4.4

7.4

9.9

2.3

d)

Milk

4.367

-1.7

1.9

4.3

0.3

0.3

7.8

e)

Eggs, fish and meat

2.208

7.3

14.3

4.1

12.0

6.2

8.0

f)

Condiments and spices

0.662

-12.8

12.0

-8.2

-6.2

-14.7

24.8

g)

Other food articles

0.239

22.1

11.0

19.1

4.5

-3.3

27.8

i) Tea

0.157

12.2

-2.2

21.0

-10.8

-12.3

24.7

ii) Coffee

0.082

43.2

33.7

14.9

39.5

18.7

33.7

2.

Non-food articles

6.138

-6.9

-1.9

0.8

-4.5

-5.5

1.2

a)

Fibres

1.523

-19.2

-0.7

-6.0

-10.4

-17.8

2.0

Raw cotton

1.357

-23.8

-1.4

-8.2

-13.0

-21.6

1.7

b)

Oilseeds

2.666

-6.5

-7.8

1.7

-7.6

-4.5

-5.3

3.

Minerals

0.485

68.0

43.6

110.0

26.4

-5.4

47.2

II.

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

14.226

10.5

8.9

10.1

9.5

9.8

7.9

1.

Coking coal

0.241

26.9

0.0

23.0

5.2

2.8

0.0

2.

Mineral oils

6.990

16.0

13.2

15.0

14.0

14.0

14.3

3.

Electricity

5.484

0.8

4.5

1.7

4.0

5.9

-0.6

III.

Manufactured Products

63.749

4.6

1.7

6.2

3.1

3.6

2.8

1.

Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

3.929

17.5

6.2

17.2

9.5

11.1

7.6

i)

Sugar

3.619

19.7

6.6

19.1

10.6

12.5

8.8

ii)

Khandsari

0.173

30.2

15.6

26.0

20.4

23.5

9.7

iii)

Gur

0.060

31.2

4.1

41.9

11.3

13.1

-5.0

2.

Edible oils

2.755

-8.4

-2.4

-0.9

-6.6

-6.0

-0.5

3.

Cotton textiles

4.215

-12.7

1.1

1.1

-8.3

-11.2

-1.3

4.

Chemicals and chemical products

11.931

3.9

3.6

2.5

3.6

3.8

3.9

5.

Cement

1.731

10.2

13.0

3.8

9.0

7.0

19.3

6.

Iron and steel

3.637

21.3

-7.5

28.4

7.7

9.2

-5.1

7.

Machinery and tools

8.363

7.1

3.9

5.7

5.1

7.9

3.4

8.

Transport equipment and parts

4.295

6.2

1.2

4.6

3.7

5.8

1.1

P : Provisional.