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Embargo & Release Date : 8:00 A.M. February 1, 2011
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Price Statistics Division Economic Statistics Bureau, STATISTICS KOREA
Contact Person Yang Dong-Hee (042.481.2530)
Consumer Price Index
in January 2011
C onsum er P rice Index: January 201 1
The Consumer Price Index was 118.9(2005=100) in January 2011.
The index increased 0.9 percent from the preceding month and rose 4.1 percent from January 2010.
The index excluding agricultural products and oils was 116.3 in January 2011. The index increased 0.6 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.6 percent from January 2010.
< The Current Trend of Consumer Price Index >
(2005=100, %) CPI
(2005=100)
2010 2011
Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
All items 115.5 115.9 116.3 117.6 117.8 117.1 117.8 118.9 Percent changes from
the preceding month -0.2 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.2 -0.6 0.6 0.9 Percent changes over
the last 12 months 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.6 4.1 3.3 3.5 4.1 Excluding agricultural
products and oils 114.4 114.6 114.8 115.1 115.1 115.2 115.6 116.3 Percent changes from
the preceding month 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 Percent changes over
the last 12 months 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.6
The most significant price rises were for food & non-alcoholic beverages and transport. The index for food & non-alcoholic beverages increased 2.4 percent in January, with the vegetables and seafood index rising. The index for transport rose 2.0 percent in January after increasing 1.8 percent in December.
The index for other components went up 0.1~1.2%, excluding alcoholic beverages & tobacco, communication and miscellaneous goods and services. Both the index for alcoholic beverages &
tobacco and the index for communication were unchanged in January. The index for miscellaneous goods and services fell 0.1 percent in January.
< Consumer Price Index and major components >
(2005=100, %)
Expenditure
category of Items WeightsNumber
January 2010 January 2011
Index
Percent changes fromthe preceding
month
Percent changes Januaryfrom 2009to January
2010
Index
Percent changes fromthe preceding
month
Percent changes Januaryfrom 2010to January
2011
All items 489 1000.0 114.2 0.4 3.1 118.9 0.9 4.1
Food and non-alcoholic
beverages 131 140.4 117.6 1.6 2.2 131.2 2.4 11.6
Alcoholic beverages and
tobacco 9 14.6 102.3 0.1 0.7 102.3 0.0 0.0
Clothing and footwear 42 58.4 116.5 -0.1 5.2 118.5 0.1 1.7 Housing, water, electricity,
gas and other fuels 19 170.4 112.4 0.3 2.2 116.1 1.1 3.3 Furnishings and household
equipment 52 41.7 116.3 -0.3 1.6 119.1 0.6 2.4
Health 28 51.6 109.7 1.4 2.0 111.9 1.2 2.0
Transport 31 109.0 117.6 0.7 9.4 124.3 2.0 5.7
Communication 13 60.2 95.0 0.0 -0.2 93.3 0.0 -1.8
Recreation and culture 64 56.3 100.3 0.2 -0.3 102.2 0.5 1.9
Education 23 110.9 121.0 0.2 2.4 123.9 0.4 2.4
Restaurants and hotels 43 132.7 114.3 0.1 2.8 117.2 0.5 2.5 Miscellaneous goods and
services 34 53.8 129.3 -0.8 4.1 137.2 -0.1 6.1
