Consumer Price Index
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index and external trade for the country of Belize.
Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for April 2017 stood at 105.3, an increase from 102.9 in April 2016. On average, during this month in 2017, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 2.2 percent higher than they were in the same month of 2016. For the first four months of 2017, a year-to-date inflation rate of 1.9 percent was recorded.
Click the following link to read more: Consumer Price Index, April 2017
Merchandise Trade
In April 2017, Belize imported goods valuing $146.7 million. This represented a 10.4 percent or $17.1 million decrease from the same month last year. Merchandise imports for the first four months of 2017 totaled $578.3 million, representing a 4.9 percent or $29.8 million decrease from the same period last year.
The total value of Belize’s domestic exports for the month of April 2017 was $35.7 million, up 3 percent or $1 million from the $34.7 million recorded for April 2016. Merchandise exports for the period January to April 2017 totaled $165.8 million, up $27.1 million from the same period last year.
Click the following link to read more: External Trade, April 2017
