Monthly Economic Indicators (updated bi-monthly)

Monthly Economic Indicators
(updated bi-monthly)

MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR 2001 - 2003

Table 1

Indicators	Unit of Measurement	2 0 0 2												2 0 0 3				January-latest month *				% change **

		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	period	2001	2002	2003	2002/2001	2003/2002
( a )	( b )	( c )												( d )					( e )			( f )

Agriculture
Exports of potatoes	m. tonnes	348	3,699	5,763	18,279	43,199	20,540	773	1	1	0	828	1,048	3,567	2,257	2,043		Jan.-Mar.	19,833	9,810	7,867	-50.5	-19.8
Exports of citrus fruit	m. tonnes	11,270	14,823	13,433	13,092	4,729	428	0	0	0	2,987	6,622	5,993	14,080	12,691	14,483		Jan.-Mar.	39,912	39,526	41,254	-1.0	4.4

Manufacturing
Production volume index (total)	1995=100	84.8	84.9	93.8	103.4	101.5	104.8	110.2	72.8	100.9	102.1	94.6	94.3	82.7	78.7			Jan.-Feb.	87.2	84.9	80.7	-2.7	-4.9
-food, beverages & tobacco	1995=100	94.7	84.4	98.4	119.5	120.5	109.8	125.0	114.6	111.4	106.8	86.4	97.8	97.8	78.5			Jan.-Feb.	97.3	89.6	88.2	-7.9	-1.6
-textiles & textile products	1995=100	32.8	35.9	40.2	41.7	39.8	39.3	37.3	18.5	35.9	37.0	33.0	29.1	22.5	24.4			Jan.-Feb.	36.7	34.4	23.5	-6.4	-31.7
Price index of manufacturing production	1995=100	118.1	119.4	120.5	121.2	120.7	120.5	120.6	121.0	121.6	121.5	120.6	122.8	122.5	123.5	122.3		Jan.-Mar.	117.6	119.3	122.8	1.5	2.9
Domestic exports of manufactured
products (total)	£000's	13,801	14,874	14,917	18,048	15,683	14,987	17,756	12,192	16,023	15,645	14,133						Jan.-Nov.	172,559	168,059		-2.6
Exports of clothing items	£000's	1,117	1,334	1,582	1,395	1,014	1,328	1,901	1,364	1,355	1,287	1,470						Jan.-Nov.	18,543	15,147		-18.3
Exports of pharmaceutical products	£000's	3,007	3,708	3,977	3,798	3,451	4,111	3,909	2,572	3,809	4,319	3,259						Jan.-Nov.	35,880	39,920		11.3
Exports of cigarettes	£000's	181	321	438	26	738	176	368	711	649	450	227						Jan.-Nov.	10,084	4,285		-57.5

Energy
Consumption of electricity
(bi-monthly data)	000's KWh		525,638		543,227		539,622		653,208		619,803		519,639		554,189			Jan.-Feb.	495,224	525,638	554,189	6.1	5.4
Sales of petroleum products	000's m.tonnes	207	169	175	187	182	194	231	218	205	202	175	213	195	203	206		Jan.-Mar.	536	551	604	2.8	9.6

Construction
Price index of construction materials	1995=100	109.2	109.1	109.0	109.3	109.2	109.0	109.5	110.1	111.0	111.9	111.9	112.1	112.2	114.4	115.0	115.1	Jan.-Apr.	107.0	109.2	114.2	2.0	4.6
Local sales of cement	m. tonnes	83,804	96,612	97,507	112,010	94,765	99,315	123,030	52,856	111,122	115,911	112,944	83,354	99,329	90,014	100,658	107,702	Jan.-Apr.	343,019	389,933	397,703	13.7	2.0
Building permits authorised	000's m3	604	577	983	561	462	624	563	408	664	941	750	532	667	891			Jan.-Feb.	1,209	1,181	1,558	-2.3	31.9

Retail sales
Retail sales value index
(total)	1995=100	126.1	117.1	122.3	137.1	133.7	136.1	136.4	126.8	126.8	128.4	135.2	174.7	123.9	119.8	129.9		Jan.-Mar.	117.4	121.8	124.5	3.8	2.2
-food, drinks & tobacco	1995=100	122.0	114.4	126.9	132.9	134.0	128.1	131.5	142.9	130.2	126.0	129.8	165.3	122.4	117.7	134.3		Jan.-Mar.	120.7	121.1	124.8	0.4	3.1
-clothing & textiles	1995=100	119.7	69.6	61.2	123.5	124.7	96.5	114.9	85.3	69.0	92.7	118.8	207.6	128.5	93.4	70.3		Jan.-Mar.	88.5	83.5	97.4	-5.6	16.6
-vehicles, machinery & spare parts	1995=100	125.5	129.0	130.4	135.0	125.6	141.3	134.3	101.8	124.6	122.6	133.0	144.5	114.3	111.6	132.7		Jan.-Mar.	111.8	128.3	119.5	14.8	-6.8
Retail sales volume index
(total)	1995=100	114.8	106.9	110.7	123.2	119.6	123.2	126.6	114.3	113.9	114.5	121.6	156.8	111.5	107.4	113.6		Jan.-Mar.	108.4	110.8	110.8	2.2	0.0

Transport
Volume index of output
-air transport	1995=100	68.9	68.9	115.2	124.9	146.0	155.8	180.8	193.8	167.6	165.4	105.6	82.2	77.0	73.2			Jan.-Feb.	62.6	68.9	75.1	10.2	9.0
-telecommunications	1995=100	261.2	242.4	260.5	279.3	306.7	300.7	317.2	307.0	313.0	300.8	282.4	266.4	281.7	266.0			Jan.-Feb.	222.7	251.8	273.9	13.1	8.8
Registrations of motor vehicles
(total)	number	3,699	3,683	3,121	3,208	3,167	2,843	4,586	2,993	3,340	3,277	3,366	3,084	3,542	3,518	3,205	3,371	Jan.-Apr.	11,126	13,711	13,636	23.2	-0.5
-private saloon cars	number	2,390	2,228	1,840	1,961	1,823	1,181	2,998	2,049	2,439	2,380	2,410	2,327	2,593	2,652	2,448	2,355	Jan.-Apr.	6,141	8,419	10,048	37.1	19.3
-light goods vehicles	number	780	631	582	606	518	867	646	226	336	404	498	329	394	384	275	305	Jan.-Apr.	2,431	2,599	1,358	6.9	-47.7

Tourism
Arrivals of travellers (incl. excursionists)	000's	98.8	115.0	197.9	240.3	338.0	366.8	427.0	437.6	392.2	349.5	160.7	140.0	113.5	128.2	143.6		Jan.-Mar.	427.1	411.8	385.3	-3.6	-6.4
Departures of travellers	000's	119.0	105.4	177.1	217.2	315.6	347.7	404.6	459.5	392.9	393.3	190.2	121.1	133.9	113.4	144.5		Jan.-Mar.	423.2	401.6	391.8	-5.1	-2.4
Arrivals of tourists	000's	54.1	72.0	138.6	180.5	279.1	293.2	327.4	301.7	306.7	275.8	111.3	77.8	59.5	78.0	91.6	169.9	Jan.-Apr.	522.6	445.1	399.0	-14.8	-10.4
-from United Kingdom	000's	30.5	39.7	70.7	86.1	154.6	175.4	185.4	170.2	172.1	151.0	60.2	41.8	34.8	44.8	51.0	97.8	Jan.-Apr.	251.5	226.9	228.4	-9.8	0.7

Notes																							(continued)
1: * Refers to the last month of the reference year for which there is available data (see columns ¨c¨ and ¨d¨).
2: ** The outcome is based on the calculation of data in column ¨e¨ at the most detailed level.
3: Totals may differ from the sum of constituent items due to rounding.

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MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR 2001 - 2003

Table 1 (cont΄d)

Indicators	Unit of Measu-rement	2 0 0 2												2 0 0 3				January-latest month *				% change **

		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	period	2001	2002	2003	2002/2001	2003/2002
( a )	( b )	( c )												( d )					( e )			( f )

Foreign trade
Total imports	£ million	190.3	186.7	211.4	226.4	246.9	199.4	212.1	168.3	210.6	188.0	224.0	222.0	170.0				Jan.	183.2	190.3	170.0	3.8	-10.7
Imports for home consumption	£ million	170.9	170.9	183.7	205.0	222.5	186.8	188.2	164.4	190.4	161.5	201.1	207.0	157.0				Jan.	149.2	170.9	157.0	14.5	-8.1
Total exports	£ million	38.9	40.5	45.0	53.7	47.9	40.1	47.0	34.6	45.8	42.5	36.2	39.0	33.0				Jan.	46.2	38.9	33.0	-15.8	-15.2
Domestic exports	£ million	17.6	19.0	22.3	25.1	24.1	19.1	21.6	13.8	17.7	17.4	16.7	18.0	16.0				Jan.	15.8	17.6	16.0	11.3	-8.8
Re-exports	£ million	21.4	21.5	22.7	28.6	23.8	21.0	25.4	20.8	28.1	25.1	19.5	21.0	17.0				Jan.	30.4	21.4	17.0	-29.8	-20.4

Labour statistics
Registered unemployed at the D.L.O.	number	13,360	13,067	11,046	9,483	8,405	9,166	10,023	9,869	9,326	9,197	11,451	12,344	13,779	13,516	12,650	11,532	Jan.-Apr.	10,118	11,739	12,869	16.0	9.6
Vacancies outstanding at the D.L.O.	number	4,120	4,754	6,537	7,620	7,130	6,937	6,740	6,613	6,845	6,170	5,799	5,542	5,283	6,263			Jan.-Feb.	5,855	4,754	6,263	-18.8	31.7

Prices
General consumer price index	1998=100	108.82	108.58	109.25	110.34	110.40	110.88	110.08	111.17	112.41	112.84	113.01	113.68	113.28	113.40	115.77	116.50	Jan.-Apr.	106.5	109.2	114.7	2.6	5.0
Local products	1998=100	111.86	110.42	111.55	113.64	113.36	114.32	113.94	116.47	118.25	119.63	120.15	121.85	119.55	119.88	125.57	127.03	Jan.-Apr.	108.2	111.9	123.0	3.4	10.0
-agricultural products	1998=100	127.03	121.19	117.96	118.71	109.96	107.38	101.59	111.98	112.19	112.42	112.28	118.93	115.95	121.01	128.61	121.88	Jan.-Apr.	104.9	121.2	121.9	15.5	0.5
-industrial products
(excl.petroleum products)	1998=100	102.68	103.05	106.37	108.93	109.97	112.12	109.35	109.78	112.55	114.73	115.37	115.58	112.34	112.91	116.05	117.99	Jan.-Apr.	104.0	105.3	114.8	1.2	9.1
Imported products	1998=100	100.82	101.20	101.93	102.17	102.38	102.52	97.27	97.53	98.95	99.33	99.16	99.11	97.98	97.77	98.73	99.16	Jan.-Apr.	101.6	101.5	98.4	0.0	-3.1
Services	1998=100	110.44	110.93	111.16	111.81	112.09	112.33	113.55	113.80	114.47	114.08	114.12	114.26	115.95	116.06	116.23	116.46	Jan.-Apr.	107.6	111.1	116.2	3.2	4.6

Stock market
Cyprus stock exchange share prices index	29.3.96
(end - period)	=100	124.35	110.31	114.51	98.53	101.06	94.81	82.98	87.53	84.47	101.14	104.04	94.52	91.44	87.27	81.17	92.67	Jan.-Apr.	204.24	98.53	92.67	-51.8	-5.9

Balance of payments																						£mn 1
Current Account (quarterly data)	£ million			-218.0			-89.8			73.3								Jan.-Sep.	-180.0	-234.5		-54.5

Monetary
(amount outstanding at end - period)																							£mn 1
Total liquidity (M2) 2	£ million	7,323.9	7,313.7	7,381.3	7,435.1	7,500.1	7,579.1	7,683.0	7,743.6	7,760.2	7,793.0	7,850.2	8,164.1	8,138.7	8,075.9	8,145.8		Mar.	6,552.2	7,381.3	8,145.8	829.2	764.5
Money supply (M1) 2	£ million	1,008.5	966.5	979.9	1,008.0	1,009.1	933.3	961.3	958.3	938.3	929.6	925.4	1,037.3	946.6	960.7	969.3		Mar.	970.3	979.9	969.3	9.6	-10.6
Total deposits 2	£ million	11,499.1	11,542.5	11,569.3	11,573.1	11,540.0	11,429.1	11,591.8	11,649.2	11,710.1	11,776.3	11,747.8	11,997.9	11,943.8	11,873.9	11,962.6		Mar.	10,316.9	11,569.3	11,962.6	1,252.3	393.4
of which foreign currency	£ million	4,153.3	4,196.8	4,166.8	4,130.3	4,027.1	3,834.3	3,889.6	3,892.0	3,917.2	3,960.6	3,873.5	3,855.7	3,789.1	3,780.4	3,851.8		Mar.	3,808.6	4,166.8	3,851.8	358.2	-315.0
Total advances, loans & bills discounted 2	£ million	7,673.5	7,716.3	7,779.6	7,788.8	7,807.0	7,979.5	7,961.5	7,941.4	7,983.5	7,991.6	8,014.9	8,283.7	8,333.2	8,342.2	8,447.1		Mar.	6,993.9	7,779.6	8,447.1	785.7	667.6
of which: foreign currency advances and loans	£ million	1,020.6	1,040.9	1,030.9	1,040.4	1,045.0	1,015.4	1,027.0	1,024.7	1,019.2	1,023.5	1,031.4	1,092.4	1,107.0	1,139.3	1,173.7		Mar.	703.5	1,030.9	1,173.7	327.4	142.8
foreign bills discounted	£ million	3.6	4.3	4.1	4.1	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.5		Mar.	4.8	4.1	2.5	-0.6	-1.6
Co-operative credit institutions
Deposits	£ million	3,144.5	3,166.9	3,198.3	3,221.8	3,248.5	3,275.2	3,297.2	3,321.8	3,360.5	3,388.6	3,420.2						Nov.	3,035.7	3,420.2		384.5
Loans	£ million	2,510.8	2,506.5	2,500.1	2,500.6	2,497.1	2,515.3	2,533.6	2,514.7	2,522.6	2,533.8	2,542.1						Nov.	2,382.5	2,542.1		159.7
																						£mn 1
Fiscal Deficit	£ million	-17.9	-1.3	-25.4	-32.4	-23.6	-0.1	-100.6	-2.8	-15.5	19.8	-0.8	-15.0					Jan.-Dec.	-166.5	-215.6		-49.1

																			Minimum		Maximum
Business and consumer surveys																			Value	Date	Value	Date	since
Industrial Confidence Indicator	balances3	-2.0	5.0	7.0	8	4	3	2	-5	-4	-2	7	0	-4	-6	2	-13		-13	Apr.-03	10	Jun.-01	May 2001
Consumer Confidence Indicator	balances	-18.0	-19.0	-22.0	-18	-25	-22	-24	-27	-30	-27	-26	-22	-26	-23	-25	-28		-38	Oct.-01	-9	Jun.-01	May 2001
Construction Confidence Indicator	balances	:	:	:	:	11	9	21	17	25	17	18	17	10	4	12	4		4	Apr.-03	25	Sep.-02	May 2002
Retail Trade Confidence Indicator	balances	:	:	:	:	-8	-15	-19	-13	-12	-6	-1	-6	0	-6	-8	-21		-21	Apr.-03	0	Jan.-03	May 2002
Services Confidence Indicator		:	:	:	:	-6	-12	-14	-14	:	-11	-9	-12	-8	-16	-15	-7		-16	Feb.-03	-6	May-02	May 2002

Notes
1: * Refers to the last month of the reference year for which there is available data (see columns "c" and "d").
2: ** The outcome is based on the calculation of data in column ¨e¨ at the most detailed level.
3: 1 Absolute difference.
4: 2 Statistics cover the Commercial Banks, the Co-operative Central Bank (excluding the Co-operative Credit Institutions) and other Financial Institutions.
5: 3 Differences between the percentages of respondents giving positive (+) and negative (-) replies
6: D.L.O.=District Labour Offices
7: The source of the business and consumer surveys results is the European Commission business and consumer surveys
8: Totals may differ from the sum of constituent items due to rounding.

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COMPARATIVE INDICATORS 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 3

Table 2

Indicators Unit of Measurement January-December January-latest month ( see Table 1 )

2000 2001 2002 % change *** period 2001 2002 2003 % change ***

2001/2000 2002/2001 2002/2001 2003/2002

( a ) ( b ) ( c ) ( d ) ( e ) ( f )

Manufacturing

Production volume index (total) 1995=100 100.1 98.2 95.7 -2.0 -2.5 Jan.-Feb. 87.2 84.9 80.7 -2.7 -4.9

Price index of manufacturing production 1995=100 116.2 118.5 120.7 2.0 1.8 Jan.-Mar. 117.6 119.3 122.8 1.5 2.9

Domestic exports of manufactured

products (total) £000's 187,839 188,181 0.2 Jan.-Nov. 172,559 168,059 -2.6

Energy

Consumption of electricity

(bi-monthly data) 000's KWh 3,011,231 3,124,754 3,401,137 3.8 8.8 Jan.-Feb. 495,224 525,638 554,189 6.1 5.4

Sales of petroleum products 000's m.tonnes 2,326 2,314 2,358 -0.5 1.9 Jan.-Mar. 536 551 604 2.8 9.6

Construction

Price index of construction materials 1995=100 104.7 107.5 110.1 2.8 2.4 Jan.-Apr. 107.0 109.2 114.2 2.0 4.6

Local sales of cement m. tonnes 945,058 1,054,758 1,183,230 11.6 12.2 Jan.-Apr. 343,019 389,933 397,703 13.7 2.0

Building permits authorised 000's m3 5,610 6,922 7,669 23.4 10.8 Jan.-Feb. 1,209 1,181 1,558 -2.3 31.9

Retail sales

Retail sales value index

(total) 1995=100 120.5 131.4 133.4 9.1 1.5 Jan.-Mar. 117.4 121.8 124.5 3.8 2.2

Retail sales volume index

(total) 1995=100 112.7 119.3 120.5 5.9 1.0 Jan.-Mar. 108.4 110.8 110.8 2.2 0.0

Transport

Volume index of output

-air transport 1995=100 110.8 122.2 131.3 10.2 7.4 Jan.-Feb. 62.6 68.9 75.1 10.2 9.0

-telecommunications 1995=100 220.9 273.7 286.5 23.9 4.7 Jan.-Feb. 222.7 251.8 273.9 13.1 8.8

Registrations of motor vehicles

-private saloon cars number 17,534 20,899 26,026 19.2 24.5 Jan.-Apr. 6,141 8,419 10,048 37.1 19.3

Tourism

Arrivals of tourists 000's 2,686.2 2,696.7 2,418.2 0.4 -10.3 Jan.-Apr. 522.6 445.1 399.0 -14.8 -10.4

-from United Kingdom 000's 1,362.9 1,486.7 1,337.6 9.1 -10.0 Jan.-Apr. 251.5 226.9 228.4 -9.8 0.7

Foreign trade

Total imports £ million 2,401.9 2,528.7 2,486.0 5.3 -1.7 Jan. 183.2 190.3 170.0 3.8 -10.7

Imports for home consumption £ million 1,968.7 2,176.8 2,252.4 10.6 3.5 Jan. 149.2 170.9 157.0 14.5 -8.1

Total exports £ million 591.9 628.0 511.3 6.1 -18.6 Jan. 46.2 38.9 33.0 -15.8 -15.2

Domestic exports £ million 240.8 247.0 232.5 2.6 -5.9 Jan. 15.8 17.6 16.0 11.3 -8.8

Re-exports £ million 351.1 381.0 278.8 8.5 -26.8 Jan. 30.4 21.4 17.0 -29.8 -20.4

Labour statistics

Registered unemployed at the D.L.O. number 10,934 9,546 10,561 -12.7 10.6 Jan.-Apr. 10,118 11,739 12,869 16.0 9.6

Prices

General consumer price index 1998=100 105.8 107.9 111.0 2.0 2.8 Jan.-Apr. 106.5 109.2 114.7 2.6 5.0

Stock market

Cyprus stock exchange share prices index 29.3.96

(end - period) =100 244.50 129.09 94.52 -47.2 -26.8 Jan.-Apr. 204.24 98.53 92.67 -51.8 -5.9

Monetary

(amount outstanding at end - period) £mn 1 £mn 1

Total deposits 2 £ million 9,995.4 11,474.3 11,997.9 1,478.8 523.7 Mar. 10,316.9 11,569.3 11,962.6 1,252.3 393.4

Total advances, loans & bills discounted 2 £ million 6,765.7 7,651.9 8,283.7 886.2 631.8 Mar. 6,993.9 7,779.6 8,447.1 785.7 667.6

£mn 1 £mn 1

Fiscal Deficit £ million -150.5 -166.5 -215.6 -16.0 -49.1 Jan.-Dec. -166.5 -215.6 -49.1

Notes

1: *** The figures presented in columns ¨d¨ and ¨f¨ are the outcome of the calculations made with the figures that appear in columns ¨c¨ and ¨e¨ respectively.

2: 1 Absolute difference.

3: 2 Statistics cover the Commercial Banks, the Co-operative Central Bank (excluding the Co-operative Credit Institutions) and other Financial Institutions.

4: D.L.O.=District Labour Offices

5: Totals may differ from the sum of constituent items due to rounding.

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