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2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 29 Jan. 31* Mar. 27# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 172.3 179.1 180.0 0.3 — 4.5 4.5 Primary Articles 22.02 178.2 181.9 181.2 0.5 –0.8 1.7 1.7 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 182.0 182.5 177.8 2.1 –5.6 –2.3 –2.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 256.3 262.3 263.2 0.3 — 2.7 2.7 Manufactured Products 63.75 151.5 159.5 161.0 0.2 0.3 6.3 6.3 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 22 Jan. 24* Mar. 20# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 172.1 178.8 179.5 –0.1 –0.3 4.2 4.3 Primary Articles 22.02 177.6 182.0 180.3 –0.5 –1.5 1.2 1.5 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 180.2 185.3 174.1 –0.6 –8.2 –4.3 –3.4 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 256.3 261.5 262.4 — –0.3 2.4 2.4 Manufactured Products 63.75 151.4 159.2 160.7 — 0.2 6.1 6.1 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 15 Jan. 17* Mar. 13# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 171.5 178.9 179.7 0.1 0.2 4.3 4.8 Primary Articles 22.02 178.4 183.0 181.2 –0.2 –0.5 1.7 1.6 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 185.2 194.3 175.2 –5.4 –5.8 –3.7 –5.4 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 252.7 261.6 262.3 — –0.4 2.3 3.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 151.0 159.0 160.7 0.2 0.6 6.1 6.4 (i) Sugar, Khandsari

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 8 Jan. 10* Mar. 6# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 171.2 178.6 179.6 –0.2 0.2 4.2 4.9 Primary Articles 22.02 177.9 182.5 181.6 –0.5 –0.1 1.9 2.1 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 179.8 190.1 185.2 –1.7 –1.3 1.8 3.0 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 252.7 261.6 262.3 –0.4 –0.4 2.3 3.8 Manufactured Products 63.75 150.7 158.8 160.4 –0.1 0.6 5.9 6.4 (i) Sugar, Khandsar

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Mar. 1 Jan. 3* Feb. 28# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 170.9 178.3 180.0 — 0.6 4.5 5.3 Primary Articles 22.02 177.2 181.7 182.6 –0.3 — 2.5 3.0 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 176.4 188.5 188.4 –0.7 –0.7 3.5 6.8 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 252.7 261.6 263.3 — 0.4 2.7 4.2 Manufactured Products 63.75 150.4 158.6 160.5 0.1 0.9 5.9 6.7 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur 3

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Feb. 22 Dec. 27* Feb. 21# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 169.9 176.9 180.0 0.3 0.8 4.5 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 177.6 180.0 183.1 0.5 0.1 2.7 3.1 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 180.1 182.2 189.7 2.0 –0.5 4.2 5.3 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 244.4 258.4 263.3 — 0.4 2.7 7.7 Manufactured Products 63.75 150.6 157.7 160.4 0.4 1.3 5.9 6.5 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Feb. 15 Dec. 20* Feb. 14# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 169.5 177.0 179.4 0.1 0.7 4.1 5.8 Primary Articles 22.02 176.6 180.7 182.1 0.2 –0.3 2.2 3.1 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 176.8 188.6 186.0 –0.9 –3.0 2.2 5.2 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 244.4 258.4 263.3 — 0.4 2.7 7.7 Manufactured Products 63.75 150.3 157.6 159.7 0.1 1.1 5.4 6.3 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and

2003 2004 Percentage Variation over Weight Feb. 8 Dec. 13* Feb. 7# Week Month End Year Items / Week ended March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 169.2 176.8 179.2 0.2 0.7 4.0 5.9 Primary Articles 22.02 176.0 181.2 181.8 –0.4 — 2.0 3.3 (i) Fruits and Vegetables 2.92 173.6 194.9 187.7 –1.1 –1.1 3.1 8.1 Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants 14.23 244.1 255.9 263.3 0.4 0.4 2.7 7.9 Manufactured Products 63.75 150.2 157.6 159.5 0.3 1.1 5.3 6.2 (i) Sugar, Khandsari and G

20032004Percentage Variation over WeightFeb. 1Dec. 6*Jan. 31#WeekMonthEndYearItems / Week ended March 1 23456789ALL COMMODITIES100.00169.1176.7178.90.20.73.85.8Primary Articles22.02175.6181.5182.6–0.20.82.54.0 (i)Fruits and Vegetables2.92175.3199.0189.7–0.50.24.28.2Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants14.23244.2255.9262.2——2.37.4Manufactured Products63.75150.1157.4159.10.41.05.06.0 (i)Sugar, Khandsari and Gur3.93126.7141.6139.80.90.48.110.3 (ii)Edible Oils2.76146.5159.916

20032004Percentage Variation over WeightJan. 25Nov. 29*Jan. 24#WeekMonthEndYearItems / Week ended March 1 23456789ALL COMMODITIES100.00168.3176.7178.60.21.13.76.1Primary Articles22.02174.9182.1182.90.21.72.64.6 (i)Fruits and Vegetables2.92175.3203.6190.6–0.62.44.78.7Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants14.23242.8255.2262.2—1.52.38.0Manufactured Products63.75149.4157.3158.40.30.64.66.0 (i)Sugar, Khandsari and Gur3.93126.6142.3138.5–0.1–1.27.19.4 (ii)Edible Oils2.76145.2158