Basic Food Index (BFI)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index (BFI) for American Samoa has reported a decline of 1.1% for the month of May 2026. One of the most significant drops is the price of eggs, which has decreased by 15.2%. This month, the average cost of eggs is $1.96, the lowest price recorded since...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sausage prices and ice cream went down in April — good news for graduation parties, however, the Basic Food Index for American Samoa rose slightly.
Eight food items have contributed directly to the hike in food costs, which include chicken (2.4%) $19.57 for a 10kg case,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Food costs for the month of March decreased 0.8%, according to the recently released Basic Food Index (BFI) for American Samoa. Rice, which had the largest decrease in the group, dropped twenty-four cents down to 5lbs for $5.
The Basic Food Index is a monthly rapid...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Basic Food Index has increased by 1.4% after four months of decline. In January, fifty percent of the monitored food commodities saw a rise in prices.
Among the ten items, fish and chicken led with an increase by more than five percent — fish by 7.8%...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At -0.5%, the American Samoa Basic Food Index (BFI) for December 2025 was reportedly negative for the fourth month in a row. Significantly eggs — a small dozen — was the lowest it's been for the entire year of 2025.
In January 2025, the average price was $4.35; in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoans paid less for food again in November after also recording a drop in October, according to the November 2025 Basic Food Index (BFI) report released last week by the Dept. of Commerce, which surveyed seven major food outlets.
The BFI for November reported...
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...