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Basic Food Index (BFI)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Basic Food Index (BFI) continues to decline for the third consecutive month. Eggs contributed significantly to the decline with a -21.6% decrease. Over the past few months, egg costs have slowly gone down and now stand at $3.04 a dozen.
Other food...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After three months of downward trending, the Basic Food Index (BFI) for American Samoa showed a slight increase of 0.04% for the month of August 2025.
Eleven food items have experienced price increases, including turkey tail (5.0%) $2.30 lb, banana (2.6%) $1.57 lb,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As inflation is cooling a bit in the States, prices in American Samoa’s Basic Food Index (BFI) for September rose only slightly when compared to recent months with the monthly increase at 0.8%, from August 2024 to September 2024.
The BFI is a monthly rapid assessment of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the second-consecutive month, imported taro, leads food items, which contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) — and this time the BFI has increased for the month of August.
Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division reported last month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A jump in price for ten food items — led by imported taro — contributed to the 1.9% increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for July 2023, according to the BFI report released this week by the Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division.
DOC had reported last...