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Volume 70 Website: www.zamstats.gov.zm January, 2009
 
Foreword
 
W
elcome to the Monthly presentation organised by theDissemination Branch of the Central Statistical Office (CSO). The CSOembarks on vigorous information delivery strategy to major stakeholders and the media institutions in order to increase utilisationof statistical products and services. The office produces a number ofstatistical products in the Economic, Social, Agricultural andEnvironmental areas. The information collected in these areas maybe used for various purposes including policy formulation, planning,implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes andprojects.This Monthly publication is an attempt to provide highlights of CSO’swork and how it can help media institutions and the general publicto make use of data and information for sustainable nationaldevelopment and decision-making.I would like to urge our readers and users of statistical information tosend to us any comments that may enhance statistical productionand contribute to the improvement of this bulletin.Ms. Efreda Chulu
Director of Census and Statistics
 
Republic of Zambia
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Inside this Issue
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January Inflation declines by 0.6 percentage points.
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December 2008 Records Trade Surplus 
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Zambia’s Major Export Destinations by Products in December 2008 
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1 in every 5 children Under- Five years is severely stunted 
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Layman & Statistics
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 Selected Socio-EconomicIndicators
Serving Your Data
 
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INFLATION
January Inflation declines by 0.6 percentage points.
The annual rate of inflation, as measured bythe all items Consumer Price Index (CPI),reduced by 0.6 percentage points from 16.6percent in December 2008 to 16.0 percent inJanuary 2009. The decline in the annualinflation rate in January 2009 was mainly dueto reductions in the cost of mealie meal,petroleum products and bus fares.
 
Annual Inflation RateJanuary 2008 - January 2009
024681012141618Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Month
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Changes in annual inflation rates for CPI Main Groups
Between December 2008 and January 2009,the annual inflation rates increased
 
for foodbeverages and tobacco, clothing andfootwear, transport (cost of motor vehicles),other goods and services; and declined for rent and household energy (kerosene),medical care, recreation and education.
Annual Inflation Rate: CPI Main Groups (
Per cent)
 
TotalFoodAndBeveragesClothingAndFootwearRentFuel&LightingFurnitureandHouseholdGoodsMedicalcareTransportandcommsRecreationAndEducationOtherGoodsAndServices
Jan 07 – Jan 06 9.8 1.0 34.9 15.1 16.5 24.9 22.8 15.9 11.4Feb 07 – Feb 06 12.6 4.2 28.3 18.3 20.4 23.7 33.9 15.0 10.4Mar 07 – Mar 06 12.7 4.9 26.9 15.8 21.6 22.1 33.5 14.9 11.0Apr 07 – Apr 06 12.4 5.5 23.7 15.7 20.0 18.8 32.4 14.8 7.7May 07 – May 06 11.8 5.7 18.8 17.1 19.2 16.5 28.2 10.4 7.0Jun 07 – June 06 11.1 4.8 20.3 18.1 18.1 14.9 24.6 10.6 7.0Jul 07 –July 06 11.2 6.7 19.4 14.9 17.4 14.0 18.2 10.0 7.7Aug 07- Aug 06 10.7 7.9 19.6 11.6 15.2 11.6 11.8 10.0 7.5Sep 07 – Sep 06 9.3 6.2 17.9 11.2 15.5 11.4 9.7 8.1 7.7Oct 07 – Oct 06 9.0 5.6 14.7 11.8 16.8 10.9 10.3 7.4 6.3Nov 07 – Nov 06 8.7 5.2 16.3 10.7 15.8 10.2 11.6 7.1 6.7Dec 07 – Dec 06 8.9 5.9 14.2 11.2 13.4 9.1 13.6 8.2 6.9Jan 08 – Jan 07 9.3 6.9 12.5 13.4 17.1 8.4 7.7 6.8 7.0Feb 08 – Feb 07 9.5 9.1 11.1 12.5 16.0 8.9 0.3 9.0 8.4Mar 08 – Mar 07 9.8 9.1 11.2 12.2 16.1 10.0 1.1 10.3 9.4Apr 08 – Apr 07 10.1 9.8 11.1 12.7 16.3 12.2 -0.2 11.1 9.4May 08 – May 07 10.9 11.7 10.5 12.0 14.9 12.4 0.5 11.4 9.5Jun 08 – June 07 12.1 15.6 9.7 11.4 13.4 12.2 -3.5 10.6 10.4Jul 08 – Jul 0 7 12.6 14.2 9.3 14.9 14.2 13.9 4.7 11.0 11.3Aug 08- Aug 07 13.2 16.3 6.3 14.5 13.3 12.9 5.3 11.2 10.7Sep 08– Sep 07 14.2 16.2 5.6 17.7 14.8 11.8 11.5 11.5 10.4Oct 08 – Oct 07 15.2 17.6 4.6 14.9 15.1 11.3 19.2 11.6 12.1Nov 08 – Nov 07 15.3 18.5 2.7 14.5 16.1 10.3 16.4 12.4 12.5Dec 08 – Dec 07 16.6 20.5 2.5 15.2 18.0 9.9 15.9 12.1 13.2Jan 08 – Jan 07 16.0 21.3 3.0 8.9 13.8 9.2 18.3 11.7 15.2
 
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Contributions of different Items to overall inflation
Of the total 16.0 percent annual inflation inJanuary 2009, food products accounted for 10.3 percentage points, while non-foodproducts in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)accounted for a total of 5.7 percentagepoints.
The annual food inflation rate
The annual food inflation rate was recordedat 21.3 percent in January 2008, up from 20.5percent in December 2008. Contributing mostto the food inflation were increases in thecost of, other cereals and cereal products,meat, eggs, kapenta, fish (bream), freshvegetables, dried beans, shelled groundnuts,Irish potatoes, cooking oil, tea and coffeeand other processed food products. Partiallyoffsetting these increases were reductions inthe cost of mealie meal.
Non-food inflation
The annual non-food inflation rate stood at11.1 percent in January 2009, down from 12.9percent in December 2008. Regardingdisaggregated groups, the annual inflationrates increased for clothing and footwear,transport (cost of motor vehicles), other goods and services; and declined for rentand household energy (kerosene), medicalcare, furniture and household goods,recreation and education.
Annual Inflation Rates: Food and Non food
Period Total Food Non-Food
Jan 06 – Jan 05 12.2 12.8 11.5Feb 06 - Feb 05 10.3 10.2 10.3Mar 06 - Mar 05 10.7 10.9 10.4Apr 06 – Apr 05 9.4 8.3 10.6May 06 – May 05 8.6 5.6 12.0Jun 06 - Jun 05 8.5 5.4 11.8Jul 06 - Jul 05 8.7 4.3 13.6Aug 06 – Aug 05 8.0 0.4 16,4Sep 06 – Sep 05 8.2 1.5 15.7Oct 06 - Oct 05 7.9 1.0 15.4Nov 06 - Nov 05 8.1 0.8 16.2Dec06 – Dec 05 8.2 -0.2 18.1Jan 07 - Jan 06 9.8 1.0 20.0Feb 07 - Feb 06 12.6 4.2 22.1Mar 07 - Mar 06 12.7 4.9 21.5Apr 07 – Apr 06 12.4 5.5 20.1May 07 – May 06 11.8 5.7 18.2Jun 07 - Jun 06 11.1 4.8 17.7Jul 07- Jul 06 11.2 6.7 15.6Aug 07– Aug 06 10.7 7.9 13.3
Items Percentage Points Contributions of different items to overall inflationFeb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09
Food Beverages andTobacco4.5 4.5 4.8 5.7 7.5 6.8 7.8 7.8 8.4 8.9 9.9 10.3Clothing and Footwear 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3Rent and household energy 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.0Furniture and HouseholdGoods1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.6Medical Care 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Transport (fuel, airfares,new motor vehicles)0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5Recreation and Education 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8Other Goods and Services 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4
 All Items 9.5 9.8 10.1 10.9 12.1 12.6 13.2 14.2 15.2 15.3 16.6 16.0
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