APPENDIX TABLE 26 : VARIATIONS IN WHOLESALE PRICES - WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS

(BASE : 1993-94 = 100)

(Per cent)

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

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

I.

Primary Articles

22.025

5.5

28.3

13.1

14.4

5.5

31.9

1.

Food articles

15.402

8.9

24.2

6.7

16.7

14.6

23.9

a) Cereals

4.406

2.4

6.5

0.6

4.2

5.1

4.1

i) Rice

2.449

1.3

1.4

-0.2

1.9

2.6

0.4

ii) Wheat

1.384

-0.3

4.3

0.3

1.2

1.1

2.3

b) Pulses

0.603

-0.3

4.4

-0.1

1.5

1.0

3.9

c) Fruits and vegetables

2.917

6.4

1.6

2.2

5.3

7.4

1.6

d) Milk

4.367

-1.5

1.9

2.9

0.3

0.3

6.7

e) Eggs, fish and meat

2.208

3.1

7.9

1.5

6.2

3.4

3.9

f) Condiments and spices

0.662

-1.8

1.8

-1.0

-0.9

-2.4

3.0

g) Other food articles

0.239

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

-0.1

0.9

i) Tea

0.157

0.2

-0.1

0.3

-0.3

-0.3

0.5

ii) Coffee

0.082

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.4

2.

Non-food articles

6.138

-8.8

-2.7

0.8

-6.2

-8.1

1.4

a) Fibres

1.523

-5.8

-0.2

-1.4

-3.2

-6.2

0.5

Raw cotton

1.357

-6.5

-0.4

-1.8

-3.5

-6.7

0.4

b) Oilseeds

2.666

-3.4

-4.5

0.7

-4.4

-2.7

-2.6

3.

Minerals

0.485

5.3

6.8

5.7

3.9

-0.9

6.5

II.

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

14.226

42.7

47.9

32.2

45.7

47.8

36.2

1.

Coking coal

0.241

1.3

0.0

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.0

2.

Mineral oils

6.990

34.9

39.8

25.4

37.2

37.3

37.0

3.

Electricity

5.484

1.2

8.2

2.0

6.7

10.3

-0.9

III.

Manufactured Products

63.749

52.0

23.2

54.7

39.8

47.0

31.9

1.

Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

3.929

11.1

5.5

8.3

7.3

8.5

5.6

i) Sugar

3.619

10.3

4.9

7.6

6.8

8.0

5.4

ii) Khandsari

0.173

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.3

iii) Gur

0.060

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

-0.1

2.

Edible oils

2.755

-4.0

-1.3

-0.4

-3.4

-3.2

-0.2

3.

Cotton textiles

4.215

-10.4

1.0

0.7

-7.1

-10.4

-0.9

4.

Chemicals and chemical products

11.931

9.1

10.2

4.6

9.4

10.3

9.1

5.

Cement

1.731

2.9

4.8

0.9

2.9

2.3

5.8

6.

Iron and steel

3.637

17.0

-8.7

16.5

7.8

9.8

-5.0

7.

Machinery and tools

8.363

8.6

6.1

5.6

7.2

11.2

4.4

8.

Transport equipment and parts

4.295

4.3

1.1

2.6

2.9

4.7

0.8

P : Provisional.
Source : Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.