| August declines to 8.3 percent |
| NATIONAL SUMMARY DATA BY SECTOR |
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The annual rate of inflation, as measured by the all items Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 8.3 percent in August 2011 from 9.0 percent in July 2011. The decrease is attributed to reductions in food and non-food prices.
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| July 2011 Recordes Trade Surplus |
Zambia recorded a trade surplus valued at K440.7 Billion in July 2011, representing a nominal decrease in growth of about 19.7 percent from K527.3 billion recorded in June 2011. This means that the country exported more in July 2011 than it imported, in the same month, in nominal terms.
Since January 2011the country has had monthly trade surpluses with the highest valued at K1,484.3 billion recorded in January 2011 and the lowest in July 2011, valued at K440.7 billion. more
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| Zambia's Metal Exports and Non Traditional Exports (NTEs) for July and June 2011 |
There has been an increase in the total value of exports from K3,528.6 billion to K3,587.5 billion between June and July, 2011. The overall contribution of Metals and their roducts to the total export earnings in July and June 2011 averaged about 77.1percent. The share of NTEs recorded an average of about 23.0 percent in revenue earnings between
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| 2010 Census of Population and Housing |
Zambia successfully undertook the 2010 Census of Population and Housing. The data collection exercise commenced mid October 2010 and came to an end mid November 2010. Immediately after data collection, CSO embarked on the task of processing the census preliminary figures whose results were disseminated in February this year.
The Census preliminary report is available in hard copy format obtainable from the CSO offices. The preliminary report was summarized from the summary count data compiled from the Census questionnaires immediately after the census data collection in the field. The data capture for the summary count was done in the Districts. more
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