October 03, 2018 (MLN): CPI for Clothing and Footwear items during the month of September 2018, have driven up by 6.6% on year-on-year basis and 0.27% on month-on-month basis, as recorded by PBS in a recent official data released.
With a CPI weightage of 7.57%, the impact of Clothing and Footwear group on overall CPI has increased by 0.55%, YoY.
On the basis of highest weightage of clothing and footwear items in a CPI basket, CPI for Cotton Cloth have increased by 6.98%, while those of footwear have recorded a growth of 7.54%, YoY.
Within the lot, CPI for Dopatta and tailoring have recorded the highest increase of 8.06% and 7.94%, YoY respectively.
During the year, CPI shows an increasing trend, taking a leap of highest magnitude in April 2018 and then increased progressively over the period.
| Weight | % Change in Sept 2018 over | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| Aug-18 | Sep-17 |
Clothing and Footwear | 7.5708 | 0.27 | 6.61 |
Cotton Cloth | 1.7286 | 0.46 | 6.98 |
Woolen Cloth | 0.8759 | 0.35 | 3.99 |
Readymade Garments | 0.9739 | 0.02 | 6.69 |
Woolen Readymade Garments | 0.3964 | 0.35 | 3.19 |
Hosiery | 0.5094 | 0.46 | 6.36 |
Dopatta | 0.4412 | 0.3 | 8.06 |
Cleaning and Laundry | 0.211 | 0.25 | 7.21 |
Tailoring | 0.884 | 0.24 | 7.94 |
Footwear | 1.5504 | 0.07 | 7.54 |
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