Table 11.  Monthly Consumer Price Index for Food and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT)
           for All Income Households, by Area, September 2009 - September 2010
           (2000 = 100)

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Area                                            2 0 1 0                           |               2 0 0 9        
  Commodity Group     Sep    Aug    Jul    Jun    May    Apr    Mar    Feb    Jan |   Ave    Dec    Nov    Oct    Sep
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Philippines

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     166.6  166.7  166.1  165.8  165.2  165.0  164.8  165.3  165.1   161.2  165.0  164.4  163.1  161.4
  Food              167.9  168.1  167.4  167.1  166.6  166.2  166.1  166.6  166.5   162.4  166.4  165.8  164.4  162.6 

National Capital
  Region (NCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     154.5  155.1  154.9  155.3  154.6  154.3  154.1  154.8  155.7   152.5  156.4  156.0  156.7  152.7	
  Food              155.3  156.0  155.8  156.2  155.5  155.1  154.9  155.7  156.7   153.5  157.5  157.1  157.9  153.5

Areas Outside NCR
  (AONCR)

  Food, beverages,
    and tobacco     170.4  170.4  169.6  169.1  168.6  168.4  168.2  168.6  168.1   164.0  167.7  167.1  165.2  164.2  	
  Food              171.9  171.9  171.1  170.6  170.1  169.8  169.7  170.1  169.6   165.3  169.3  168.6  166.5  165.5  	

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  October 5, 2010

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