Xinhua News Agency, Taipei, February 12 (Reporters Xu Ruiqing, He Zili) The statistics department of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 11th that the annual growth rate of Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) in January reached 2.84%, which continued to be higher than the 2% inflation warning. String.
Taiwan's statistics department stated that the main reason for the sharp rise in CPI in January was that fuel costs rose with international oil prices. Compared with the previous year, the prices of other festival-related commodities were higher than that of the previous year, which was caused by the increase in the prices of eggs, fruits, food outside, air tickets, rent and household items.
Statistics show that among the seven major consumer items in Taiwan, transportation and communications rose by 5.19% year-on-year in January, the largest increase due to higher international oil prices.
Affected by the weather, the food category increased by 3.75% year-on-year, of which fruits, eggs and aquatic products increased by 21.41%, 15.62% and 5.28% respectively.