In December 2020 and compared to last month, the Household Final Consumer Price Index increased
by 0.1% after -0.1% last month, mainly due to the increase in the prices of clothing and footwear
(+0.5% after +0.3% last month) and food products (+0.1% after -0.4% last month). The prices of food products increased in the wake of those of fruit (+2.6% after +4.1% last month), oils and fats (+1.2% after -0.4% last month), “milk, cheese and egg” (+0.3% after +0.2% last month), fish and seafood (+0.2% after +0.5% last month) as well as bread and cereals (+0.4% after -0.1% last month). On the other hand, the prices of vegetables (-1.1% after -2.6% last month) as well as those of “sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery” (-0.4% after -0.1% last month) continued to fall.
Fruit prices have increased due to the increase in the prices of citrus fruits and other fresh fruits (sweet banana, pineapple, French apple). The increase in the prices of oils and fats is linked to the increase in the prices of crude oils (crude palm oil), refined oils (refined cottonseed oil), and other fats (palm nuts). Fish prices are rising in line with the increase in the prices of fresh fish and frozen fish and other seafood (mackerel, captain, jaw).
Vegetable prices are falling, mainly due to the decline in the prices of pulses and oilseeds (“cowpeas”, red beans, black beans, white beans, shelled groundnuts, “Djansan”) as well as tubers and plantains (fresh ripe plantains, fresh unripe bananas, “Mbe type yams”, macabo). The increase in the prices of clothing and footwear is mainly linked to the increase in the prices of clothing articles (in particular clothing fabrics and clothing) and in the prices of footwear (women’s shoes in this case).
