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BASIC FOOD INDEX
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a slight decline 0.4% in November, the Basic Food Index (BFI) recorded a 1.1% increase in December 2022 in food prices tracked on Tutuila, according to the report released this week by the ASG Commerce Department’s Statistics Division.
The BFI reports that twelve...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost of basic food items continues to increase in American Samoa, as confirmed by the Basic Food Index (BFI) report for October, released last Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division.
And the latest BFI shows a monthly increase of 0.4% over September...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the second month in a row, Ramen noodles had the greatest price increase and is one of the fourteen food commodities, which contributed to the 3.2% increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for September 2022, according to the BFI report for September released Oct. 11...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ramen noodles has the greatest price increase for August and is one of the thirteen food commodities, which contributed to the 3.4% increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for August over the month of July 2022, according to the BFI report for August released over the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thirteen food commodities contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for July this year, according to the BFI report released this past Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division.
The BFI, which is a monthly rapid assessment of basic food...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a slight drop in certain food commodities in the territory, food prices have again increased after a spike in prices for several food items, according to the June 2022 Basic Food Index (BFI) released this past Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistics and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thirteen food commodities contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for April this year, according to the BFI report released Wednesday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division. It also says that the BFI in April registered a monthly increase of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest Basic Food Index (BFI) for March, released this week by the Commerce Department has reconfirmed public concerns and complaints over the increase in the cost of popular food items in American Samoa, which are mostly, imported goods.
But some consumers say that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest report by the Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division shows a continuing increase in the cost of basic food items in American Samoa, as witnessed by consumers in the past months and they have complained publicly on the high costs.
As of last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following consumer concerns over the high price of goods at retailers doing business in the outer parts of Tutuila, the Commerce Department’s Statistics and Analysis Division, expanded its list to include samples from these areas in the January 2022 Basic Food Index (BFI...