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2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Aug. 16 Jun. 19* Aug. 14# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.8 185.3 187.6 0.2 1.6 4.0 7.9 Primary Articles 22.02 178.2 190.1 192.5 0.4 3.7 6.3 8.0 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 184.0 207.0 209.5 5.4 12.0 21.1 13.9 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.5 271.7 278.5 — 1.5 6.0 11.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 155.4 164.4 165.7 0.2 0.8 2.5 6.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari an

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Aug. 9 Jun. 12* Aug. 7# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.4 184.6 187.2 0.3 1.4 3.8 8.0 Primary Articles 22.02 179.7 190.7 191.8 0.1 3.6 5.9 6.7 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 190.8 209.4 198.7 1.3 5.6 14.9 4.1 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.5 266.0 278.5 1.5 1.3 6.0 11.6 Manufactured Products 63.75 154.3 164.4 165.3 0.1 0.6 2.3 7.1 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Aug. 2 Jun. 5* Jul. 31# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.4 184.7 186.6 0.2 1.2 3.5 7.6 Primary Articles 22.02 180.3 191.1 191.7 0.4 3.5 5.9 6.3 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 193.1 210.9 196.2 0.8 3.8 13.4 1.6 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.5 266.1 274.4 — –0.2 4.4 10.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 154.1 164.4 165.2 0.2 0.7 2.2 7.2 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jul. 26 May 29* Jul. 24# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.2 182.7 186.2 0.8 0.8 3.3 7.5 Primary Articles 22.02 179.6 190.1 191.0 2.9 2.5 5.5 6.3 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 187.4 206.9 194.6 4.1 –3.3 12.5 3.8 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.4 264.4 274.4 — –0.3 4.4 10.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 154.0 161.9 164.9 0.3 0.6 2.0 7.1 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jul. 19 May 22* Jul. 17# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.4 182.2 184.7 0.1 0.4 2.4 6.5 Primary Articles 22.02 180.1 187.2 185.6 0.3 –0.9 2.5 3.1 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 186.5 209.0 187.0 –0.6 –10.0 8.1 0.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.4 264.4 274.4 –0.2 1.6 4.4 10.0 Manufactured Products 63.75 154.2 162.2 164.4 0.1 0.4 1.7 6.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jul. 12 May 15* Jul. 10# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.3 182.0 184.6 0.1 0.7 2.4 6.5 Primary Articles 22.02 180.5 186.6 185.1 –0.1 –1.1 2.2 2.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 189.4 209.2 188.2 –0.5 –9.4 8.8 –0.6 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.3 263.9 274.9 — 3.5 4.6 10.3 Manufactured Products 63.75 153.9 162.2 164.3 0.2 0.4 1.7 6.8 (i) Sugar, Khandsari a

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jul. 5 May 8* Jul. 3# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.7 181.8 184.4 –0.2 0.9 2.3 6.2 Primary Articles 22.02 181.8 186.1 185.2 –0.6 –0.9 2.3 1.9 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 193.7 211.4 189.1 –6.1 –8.3 9.3 –2.4 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 249.3 264.5 274.9 –0.1 3.5 4.6 10.3 Manufactured Products 63.75 154.1 161.9 164.0 0.1 0.8 1.5 6.4 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jun. 28 May 1* Jun. 26# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 174.1 181.8 184.7 0.4 1.7 2.4 6.1 Primary Articles 22.02 186.2 185.8 186.3 –0.5 0.1 2.9 0.1 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 226.6 209.6 201.3 –3.1 –0.6 16.4 –11.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 246.1 264.5 275.2 1.9 3.9 4.7 11.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 153.8 162.0 163.9 0.1 1.4 1.4 6.6 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jun. 21 Apr. 24* Jun. 19# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.8 181.2 184.0 0.3 1.2 2.1 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 184.8 184.6 187.3 0.1 0.4 3.4 1.4 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 217.2 208.8 207.8 — –0.5 20.1 –4.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 246.1 263.2 270.2 1.8 2.0 2.8 9.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 153.8 161.7 163.7 — 1.2 1.3 6.4 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Jun. 14 Apr. 17* Jun. 12# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 173.2 181.0 183.4 0.4 1.0 1.7 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 182.7 183.5 187.2 0.2 1.2 3.4 2.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 206.7 199.3 207.8 0.8 2.3 20.1 0.5 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 246.1 263.2 265.5 — 0.5 1.0 7.9 Manufactured Products 63.75 153.7 161.8 163.7 0.6 1.2 1.3 6.5 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G