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Tuesday, 21 November 2006

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Consumer Price Index

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Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the trend in prices in the Eurozone countries and in Ireland under each of the ten product categories covered in the harmonised consumer price index in each year since 2001. [38472/06]

Photo of Tom KittTom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The table that follows this reply presents the annual rates of change for the twelve eurozone member states as well as the eurozone average from 2001 to 2005 for each of the twelve main COICOP commodity groups covered by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices. The latest available annual rates of change, which refer to October 2006, are also presented.

Annual Rates of Change (%) by COICOP Commodity Group: 2001 to October 2006
20012002200320042005Oct. 2006
COICOP 01 Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
eurozone12 Euro area+4.9+2.8+2.1+1.0+0.7+3.0p
be Belgium+4.5+2.3+1.9+1.1+1.7+4.5
de Germany+4.5+0.8-0.1-0.4+0.4+2.9
gr Greece+5.3+5.8+4.9+0.9+0.8+4.5
es Spain+5.4+4.7+4.1+3.9+3.2+4.4
fr France+5.5+2.7+2.3+0.5+0.1+2.1
ie Ireland+6.5+3.4+1.4-0.2-0.7+1.6
it Italy+4.0+3.6+3.2+2.1-0.1+2.7p
lu Luxembourg+4.7+3.9+2.0+1.8+1.7+2.7
nl Netherlands+7.1+3.5+1.2-3.5-1.2+1.8p
at Austria+3.3+1.2+1.5+1.7+1.1+2.0p
pt Portugal+6.5+1.5+2.3+1.1-0.6+3.5
fi Finland+4.4+3.1+0.6+0.8+0.3+2.9
COICOP 02 Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
eurozone12 Euro area+2.9+4.2+5.9+7.5+4.9+2.9p
be Belgium+1.9+1.6+4.4+4.8+2.8+0.9
de Germany+1.7+4.0+5.3+6.8+8.5+3.6
gr Greece+7.4+7.0+4.2+4.5+2.2+10.6
es Spain+3.2+5.7+3.4+4.3+5.1+0.9
fr France+3.2+4.9+8.8+14.3+0.1+0.5
ie Ireland+2.5+5.6+9.9+3.5+0.6+0.5
it Italy+2.6+2.1+7.0+7.9+6.8+4.9p
lu Luxembourg+3.9+5.2+5.7+6.5+6.7+3.5
nl Netherlands+6.7+4.6+3.6+7.3+2.8+1.4p
at Austria+3.9+4.0+3.0+1.8+6.3+0.9p
pt Portugal+3.3+4.9+4.6+2.9+4.5+9.0
fi Finland+1.9+1.7+1.1-10.7-1.8+1.2
COICOP 03 Clothing and Footwear
eurozone12 Euro area+0.6+2.1+0.9+0.7+0.1+1.0p
be Belgium+0.7+1.1+1.0+0.6-0.1+0.5
de Germany+0.8+0.7-0.8-0.7-1.9+0.1
gr Greece+3.2+3.5+2.0+4.1+4.7+3.2
es Spain-0.6+5.1+3.8+1.8+1.4+1.3
fr France+0.5+0.9-0.3+0.3+0.2+0.6
ie Ireland-2.8-4.2-4.1-3.5-2.8-1.8
it Italy+0.6+2.9+2.2+1.9+1.2+1.3p
lu Luxembourg+2.1+1.7+1.5+0.5+0.5+0.2
nl Netherlands+1.8+3.2-3.1-1.9-2.6+1.6p
at Austria-0.3+0.3-0.1-0.6-1.2-0.4p
pt Portugal+1.5+2.5+1.2-1.1-1.2+6.5
fi Finland+1.0-1.1-0.2+0.3-0.6-0.9
COICOP 04 Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels
eurozone12 Euro area+3.0+1.3+2.5+2.5+4.7+3.6p
be Belgium+3.7+0.2+1.4+3.0+5.6+3.8
de Germany+3.2+0.7+1.8+1.9+4.0+2.6
gr Greece+2.7+3.8+4.5+4.9+9.2+4.9
es Spain+2.9+2.3+2.9+3.5+5.3+4.9
fr France+1.1+1.7+2.7+2.9+4.7+3.7
ie Ireland+5.8+4.1+4.2+3.8+9.6+5.5
it Italy+3.0+0.4+3.4+2.0+5.0+4.6p
lu Luxembourg+1.7+0.2+2.8+3.1+6.8+2.0
nl Netherlands+6.5+4.0+4.3+3.2+5.9+5.0p
at Austria+3.0+0.6+1.6+4.2+6.2+4.6p
pt Portugal+4.1+3.0+4.2+3.0+4.4+3.2
fi Finland+2.8+2.7+4.0+2.1+3.2+2.0
COICOP 05 Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
eurozone12 Euro area+1.8+1.7+1.3+0.9+0.8+1.0p
be Belgium+2.6+1.9+1.2+0.9+0.9+1.2
de Germany+0.9+1.1+0.3-0.2-0.1+0.1
gr Greece+2.5+1.6+1.8+1.5+2.1+2.2
es Spain+2.0+2.0+2.0+1.6+2.1+2.6
fr France+1.9+1.4+1.3+1.2+0.9+0.6
ie Ireland+3.2+1.4-0.7-1.8-1.5-1.4
it Italy+2.0+1.9+2.0+2.1+1.6+1.7p
lu Luxembourg+2.1+1.6+1.5+1.7+1.5+1.6
nl Netherlands+5.2+3.9+1.7-0.9-0.3+0.1p
at Austria+1.3+1.6+1.2-0.1-0.3+0.8p
pt Portugal+3.2+3.0+2.4+1.6+1.3+1.0
fi Finland+2.2+1.5+0.4+0.6+0.6+1.0
COICOP 06 Health
eurozone12 Euro area+1.2+2.5+2.2+7.9+2.1+1.7p
be Belgium+1.1+1.5+2.4+1.4+2.2+2.3
de Germany+1.2+0.6+0.4+19.2+1.9+1.1
gr Greece+2.7+5.1+4.6+5.3+4.4+2.5
es Spain+1.8+2.7+2.1+0.4+0.9+1.5
fr France-0.1+1.4+3.2+2.9+2.2+4.1
ie Ireland+6.7+10.1+7.7+6.0+6.2+4.3
it Italy-1.2+4.2+3.2+3.3+2.3-0.4p
lu Luxembourg+1.7-5.1-2.4+2.2+0.2+2.5
nl Netherlands+6.8+6.5+2.7+9.6+1.2+3.9p
at Austria+6.1+3.0+1.3+1.1+4.9+0.6p
pt Portugal+3.6+4.8+2.3+1.7+0.9+2.7
fi Finland+2.6+5.0+3.1+2.1+1.9+0.0
COICOP 07 Transport
eurozone12 Euro area+1.2+1.8+2.3+3.1+4.3-0.7p
be Belgium+1.2+0.8+1.6+3.6+5.8-2.1
de Germany+1.5+2.0+2.2+2.3+3.4-1.2
gr Greece+1.6+0.5+3.1+3.5+4.7-0.9
es Spain+0.8+2.1+2.1+4.5+6.4-1.1
fr France+0.2+1.1+2.4+3.4+4.4-0.6
ie Ireland-1.9+3.1+2.8+4.1+3.7-0.8
it Italy+1.5+2.0+2.6+3.2+4.5+0.5p
lu Luxembourg+0.5-0.5+1.6+6.0+6.6-4.4
nl Netherlands+2.7+1.7+2.8+3.6+4.2-1.1p
at Austria+1.7+0.8+1.1+3.5+3.7-0.3p
pt Portugal+4.8+5.0+4.3+3.6+5.8+0.8
fi Finland+1.0+0.6-0.1+0.7+2.6-1.1
COICOP 08 Communications
eurozone12 Euro area-4.0-0.3-0.6-2.0-2.3-2.6p
be Belgium-6.7-0.1+0.6+1.3-0.5-2.1
de Germany-5.9+1.7+0.7-0.9-1.3-2.4
gr Greece-1.8-4.5-4.6-4.3-0.4+0.2
es Spain-0.8-2.9-2.6-1.1-1.6-1.3
fr France-4.5-0.4-0.5+0.2-0.3-3.9
ie Ireland-8.3+2.2+1.4+2.7-0.2-0.1
it Italy-2.2-1.4-1.7-6.4-4.5-2.7p
lu Luxembourg-11.7-4.3-2.5-2.4-4.7-2.4
nl Netherlands-2.3+0.1+3.1-0.7-3.8-3.8p
at Austria-0.1-0.8-1.7-1.2-7.9-1.7p
pt Portugal-2.2+0.8-1.1-1.0-0.2-1.0
fi Finland+2.8+0.7-3.4-8.3-11.4+0.7
COICOP 09 Recreation and culture
eurozone12 Euro area+1.4+1.3+0.2-0.1-0.1+0.0p
be Belgium+2.6+0.8-0.8-0.2-0.3+0.9
de Germany+0.1+0.4-0.6-1.1+0.1+0.2
gr Greece+3.5+2.8+2.4+2.9+1.5+3.8
es Spain+2.7+2.5+0.6+0.1-0.2-0.3
fr France+0.3+0.5-0.5-0.6-1.0-1.6
ie Ireland+4.9+6.3+4.1+1.2+0.0+2.7
it Italy+1.7+2.6+1.7+2.0+1.1+1.3p
lu Luxembourg+2.4+2.9+2.3+0.5+0.9+1.6
nl Netherlands+4.6+3.7+0.9-1.0-0.7+0.4p
at Austria+1.5+1.6+0.1+0.5-0.8-2.1p
pt Portugal+2.6+2.9+1.2+2.1+1.7-0.1
fi Finland+3.7+1.8+1.0+1.3-0.7-0.3
COCIOP 10 Education
eurozone12 Euro area+3.0+4.0+3.5+3.4+3.1+3.4p
be Belgium+2.1+3.0+1.3+0.9+2.1+2.4
de Germany+1.3+2.6+2.1+3.3+2.2+3.4
gr Greece+3.7+4.0+4.5+4.4+4.1+3.8
es Spain+4.1+3.8+4.9+4.0+4.2+4.0
fr France+2.4+2.6+2.8+2.8+2.6+3.6
ie Ireland+7.2+10.3+9.1+5.9+6.0+5.9
it Italy+3.2+3.0+2.7+2.2+3.3+2.3p
lu Luxembourg+2.0+8.5+7.5+1.0+1.8+2.4
nl Netherlands+2.9+4.4+4.1+2.8-3.7+1.2p
at Austria+10.0+21.9+3.3+1.9+1.9+7.9p
pt Portugal+5.2+5.8+6.6+9.4+7.0+4.0
fi Finland+3.5+3.2+6.0+5.5+4.0+1.6
COICOP 11 Restaurants and hotels
eurozone12 Euro area+3.5+4.6+3.2+2.8+2.5+2.6p
be Belgium+2.4+4.4+3.2+2.6+2.8+1.8
de Germany+1.9+3.7+0.8+0.7+1.0+1.3
gr Greece+5.2+6.7+4.8+4.3+3.1+2.5
es Spain+4.4+5.5+4.3+4.1+4.2+4.5
fr France+2.5+3.9+2.6+2.8+2.5+2.2
ie Ireland+5.9+7.1+6.3+4.0+3.3+4.1
it Italy+4.0+4.5+4.0+3.0+2.5+2.7p
lu Luxembourg+3.1+4.2+3.3+3.2+3.5+2.8
nl Netherlands+6.1+6.9+1.9+2.0+1.8+2.1p
at Austria+2.6+2.8+2.7+2.5+2.4+1.9p
pt Portugal+4.4+5.6+5.1+5.0+1.4+2.3
fi Finland+2.5+3.3+2.9+1.0+1.8+2.3
COICOP 12 Miscellaneous goods and services
eurozone12 Euro area+3.1+2.9+2.6+2.2+1.8+2.3p
be Belgium+2.5+2.7+2.5+2.4+2.1+2.6
de Germany+3.1+2.0+1.7+1.4+1.0+1.0
gr Greece+3.4+2.9+2.3+2.0+3.1+3.2
es Spain+2.8+3.6+3.1+2.7+2.8+4.2
fr France+2.5+2.7+2.5+2.2+1.5+2.9
ie Ireland+6.5+7.6+5.2+2.2+1.9+3.0
it Italy+3.7+3.8+3.5+2.8+2.6+2.9p
lu Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)+3.9+2.5+2.2+2.0+1.8+2.7
nl Netherlands+4.5+4.5+3.7+2.6+2.2+0.5p
at Austria+2.6+3.1+1.9+2.6+2.5+2.6p
pt Portugal+5.4+5.4+4.0+2.6+2.1+4.0
fi Finland+3.4+2.2+2.1+2.5+1.3+2.7
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