asked the Taoiseach the national average percentage change of each item of the food retail prices index of consumer prices during the past three years.
Written Answers. - Consumer Price Index.
194.
The percentage changes between mid-February, 1970, and mid-February, 1973, for the food items entering into the calculation of the consumer price index are as follows:
|
Commodity |
Percentage increase (+) or decrease (-) |
|
FOOD: |
|
|
Beef: |
|
|
Round steak |
82.9 |
|
Sirloin steak |
+81.1 |
|
Sirloin roast |
+78.8 |
|
Rib steak (or chuck) |
+81.3 |
|
Leg of beef (boneless) |
+88.0 |
|
Brisket corned beef |
+96.2 |
|
Mutton (excl. Spring Lamb): |
|
|
Leg (whole) |
+75.6 |
|
Loin chops |
+79.5 |
|
Cutlets (rib chops) |
+75.4 |
|
Gigot chops |
+76.7 |
|
Neck |
+79.5 |
|
Liver |
+56.8 |
|
Pork: |
|
|
Leg (whole) |
+48.0 |
|
Loin chops |
+53.8 |
|
Shoulder (whole) |
+51.3 |
|
Steak |
+57.5 |
|
Bacon: |
|
|
Best back rashers |
+40.6 |
|
Streaky rashers |
+38.5 |
|
Ham, uncooked (whole) |
+44.5 |
|
Shoulder (whole) |
+44.0 |
|
Poultry and other meat: |
|
|
Broiler, uncooked, oven |
|
|
ready (medium size) |
+24.5 |
|
Chicken, cooked (medium size) |
+20.3 |
|
Ham, cooked |
+35.5 |
|
Sausages, pork |
+33.9 |
|
Black pudding |
+41.5 |
|
Fresh fish: |
|
|
Whiting, fillets |
+47.2 |
|
Cod, cutlets |
+44.2 |
|
Plaice, fillets |
+30.2 |
|
Herrings (whole) |
+38.3 |
|
Fish fingers |
+58.1 |
|
Dried and cured fish: |
|
|
Fillets, smoked |
+52.5 |
|
Kippers, smoked |
+45.1 |
|
Tinned fish: |
|
|
Salmon |
+22.5 |
|
Sardines |
+29.0 |
|
Fresh vegetables: |
|
|
Potatoes |
+66.9 |
|
Tomatoes |
+53.7 |
|
Onions |
+57.1 |
|
Carrots |
+86.5 |
|
Turnips (medium size) |
+90.6 |
|
Cabbage (medium size) |
+71.6 |
|
Cauliflower (medium size) |
+30.9 |
|
Dried peas |
+27.0 |
|
Tinned vegetables: |
|
|
Peas |
+31.1 |
|
Beans |
+28.5 |
|
Frozen vegetables: |
|
|
Peas |
+26.0 |
|
Beans |
+25.5 |
|
Bread: |
|
|
White, sliced |
+29.4 |
|
White, unsliced |
+28.7 |
|
Brown |
+31.4 |
|
Flour: |
|
|
White, plain |
+21.0 |
|
White, self-raising |
17.8 |
|
Brown, wholemeal |
+21.7 |
|
Biscuits: |
|
|
Cream crackers |
+36.7 |
|
Plain |
+33.3 |
|
Sweet |
+23.6 |
|
Cake: |
|
|
Fruit |
-18.0 |
|
Sponge sandwich |
+20.5 |
|
Swiss roll |
+17.2 |
|
Milk: |
|
|
Fresh milk, pasteurised |
+41.7 |
|
Condensed milk |
+29.3 |
|
Fresh cream |
+26.5 |
|
Cheese: |
|
|
Processed |
+36.2 |
|
Natural, cheddar or cheshire |
-39.5 |
|
Eggs: |
|
|
Large size |
+37.5 |
|
Standard size |
+35.8 |
|
Butter and other fats: |
|
|
Butter, creamery |
+14.6 |
|
Margarine |
+45.5 |
|
Cooking fat |
+30.2 |
|
Fresh fruit: |
|
|
Apples, cooking |
+107.3 |
|
Apples, eating |
+71.4 |
|
Oranges |
+61.3 |
|
Bananas |
+17.3 |
|
Tinned fruit: |
|
|
Pears |
+14.8 |
|
Peaches |
+14.7 |
|
Dried fruit: |
|
|
Raisins, seedless |
+79.8 |
|
Sultanas |
+30.7 |
|
Prunes |
+30.1 |
|
Beverages: |
|
|
Tea, best quality |
+3.5 |
|
Tea, medium quality |
+3.9 |
|
Coffee beans, ground or roasted |
+17.7 |
|
Coffee extracts, powder |
+13.4 |
|
Cocoa |
+37.7 |
|
Sugar: |
|
|
White granulated |
+26.9 |
|
Castor |
+26.1 |
|
Cereal products: |
|
|
Cornflakes |
+17.8 |
|
Wheatflakes |
+17.8 |
|
Oatmeal, packet |
+21.0 |
|
Cornflour |
+11.3 |
|
Rice |
+18.5 |
|
Semolina |
+22.9 |
|
Jelly and custard: |
|
|
Jelly |
+21.2 |
|
Custard powder |
+11.6 |
|
Soup: |
|
|
Tinned |
+19.3 |
|
Dried |
+13.4 |
|
Jams and syrup: |
|
|
Jam |
+30.9 |
|
Marmalade |
+37.1 |
|
Golden Syrup |
+20.1 |
|
Sweets and ice cream: |
|
|
Sweets |
+31.6 |
|
Chocolate bars |
+36.7 |
|
Ice cream, block |
+28.5 |
|
Soft drinks: |
|
|
Minerals, orange |
+40.7 |
|
Minerals, lemon |
+40.0 |
|
Orange squash (concentrated) |
+15.8 |
|
Miscellaneous items: |
|
|
Sauce |
+24.5 |
|
Bovril |
+16.1 |
|
Salt |
+13.8 |
|
Pepper |
+36.5 |
|
Mustard |
+24.4 |
|
Potato crisps |
+27.0 |
|
Meals away from home |
+46.1 |