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.
                               
(Ενημέρωση 15/05/03)                              

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