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5-12 GENERAL PRICE INDICES
(preceding year=100)

Commodity Category 1998 1999
General Consumer Price Index 96.4 99.3
Food  93.7 96.5
Clothing 89.4 90.9
Household Appliances and Articles 96.9 96
Medicine and Medical Articles 95.8 98.8
Means of Transportation and Communications 96.8 90.5
Recreational Educational and Cultural Articles 94.4 96.1
Residence 112.4 110.9
Services 104.8 115
Telecommunications 102.9 123
Posts 100 143.5
Traffic 100.9 104.9
Bathing and Hairdressing 119.7 98.7
Recreation 123.6 126.8
Tuition and Child Care 101 125.7
Repair and Other Services 102.4 100.6
Medical Services 100 101.9
General Retail Price Index  94.5 96.5
Food  91.7 96.3
Beverage Tobacco and Wine 102.4 95
Garments Shoes and Hats 88.8 93.5
Textile Products 100.3 98.6
Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine 95.4 98.7
Cosmetics 100 98.3
Newspapers Books and Magazines 103.9 108.5
Cultural and Sports Goods  99.7 98.6
Articles for Daily Use 97.8 96.2
Household Electrical Appliances 91.4 93.5
Jewellery 93.5 96.1
Fuel  103.8 98.1
Building Decoration Materials 97.8 98.2
Mechanical and Electrical Products 96 95.4