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(Ottawa = 100)

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Table
Private Sector Post Indexes
Table summary
This table displays the results of private sector post indexes. The information is grouped by country (appearing as row headers), post, survey date, previous index, current index, effective date, exchange rate can$ and currency (appearing as column headers).
Country	Post	Survey date	Previous index	Current index	Effective date	Exchange rate CAN$	Currency
Afghanistan	Kabul	...	...	100	Oct-2005	0.026444	Afghani
Afghanistan	Kandahar	...	...	100	Dec-2006	0.022927	Afghani
Albania	Tirana	Sep-2008	91	87 (1)	Aug-2012	0.009235	Lek
Algeria	Algiers	Dec-2011	105	109	Jun-2012	0.013827	Dinar (Algeria)
Angola	Luanda	Feb-2011	122	126 (a)	Jan-2012	0.011160	Kwanza
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Jun-2011	97	103	May-2012	0.230423	Peso (Argentina)
Australia	Adelaide	L	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Brisbane	L	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Canberra	Nov-2010	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Melbourne	L	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Other Australia	Nov-2010	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Perth	L	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Australia	Sydney	L	131	138 (1)	Aug-2012	1.065346	Dollar (Australia)
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Nov-2010	103	98	Mar-2012	0.012261	Taka
Barbados	Bridgetown	Mar-2012	139	125 (1)	Aug-2012	0.519705	Dollar (Barbados)
Belize	Belize	Oct-2011	98	100 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.555274	Dollar (Belize)
Benin	Cotonou	Aug-2010	99	95 (a)	Jan-2012	0.002095	Franc (C.F.A.)
Bolivia	La Paz	Jul-2011	84	89 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.148728	Boliviano
Bolivia	Santa Cruz	L	84	89 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.148728	Boliviano
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Dec-2008	108	103	Feb-2012	0.682947	Markka
Botswana	Gaborone	Jun-2009	90	86 (a)	May-2012	0.136657	Pula
Brazil	Brasilia	May-2008	131	124	Jun-2012	0.520742	Real
Brazil	Rio Branco	Nov-2011	131	124	Jun-2012	0.520742	Real
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	L	135	126	Jun-2012	0.520742	Real
Brazil	Sao Paulo	Jun-2011	135	126	Jun-2012	0.520742	Real
Brunei Darussalam	Bandar Seri Begawan	Oct-2009	96	100	Sep-2011	0.829393	Dollar (Brunei)
Bulgaria	Sofia	May-2010	94	91 (a)	Jun-2012	0.673655	Lev (Bulgaria)
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Feb-2010	125	120	May-2012	0.002032	Franc (C.F.A.)
Burundi	Bujumbura	Mar-2011	113	119 (a)	Jul-2012	0.000755	Franc (Burundi)
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Feb-2011	89	89 (a)	Dec-2011	0.000255	Riel
Cameroon	Douala	L	115	110 (1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Feb-2012	115	110 (1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Central African Republic	Bangui	Aug-2008	126	121 (a)	Feb-2012	0.002032	Franc (C.F.A.)
Chad	N'Djamena	Aug-2009	96	102 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Chile	Santiago	Jul-2011	109	108	Oct-2011	0.002099	Peso (Chile)
China	Beijing	Feb-2009	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Chengdu	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	China Other Locations	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Enchi	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Hailar	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Hohhot	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Hong Kong	Feb-2012	125	128	Jul-2012	0.135156	Dollar (Hong Kong)
China	Hunan	L	105	109	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Lanzhou	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Lhasa	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
China	Urumqi	L	110	114	Dec-2011	0.164565	Yuan Renminbi
Colombia	Bogota	Feb-2010	106	111	Mar-2012	0.000571	Peso (Colombia)
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Kinshasa	Mar-2010	146	144	May-2012	0.001117	Franc (Congo)
Costa Rica	San José	Mar-2012	112	118	Jul-2012	0.002115	Colon (Costa Rica)
Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Apr-2012	118	117	Jul-2012	0.002005	Franc (C.F.A.)
Croatia	Zagreb	May-2010	91	88	May-2012	0.177820	Kuna
Cuba	Havana	Apr-2011	109	113	Nov-2011	1.123357	Convertible Peso (Cuba)
Dominica	Roseau	L	81	84 (a)	Oct-2011	0.383020	Dollar (East Caribbean)
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Oct-2010	99	103	Oct-2011	0.026853	Peso (Dominican Rep.)
Ecuador	Quito	Aug-2009	86	90 (a)	Jul-2012	1.048698	Dollar (USA)
Egypt	Cairo	Oct-2008	106	110	Dec-2011	0.174899	Pound (Egypt)
Egypt	Kafr El-Sheikh	Oct-2008	106	110	Dec-2011	0.174899	Pound (Egypt)
El Salvador	San Salvador	Mar-2011	86	92 (a)	Dec-2011	1.046335	Dollar (USA)
Eritrea	Asmara	L	109	115	Jun-2012	0.059108	Birr
Estonia	Tartu	Jul-2010	87	83	Feb-2012	1.332965	Euro
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Mar-2010	109	115	Jun-2012	0.059108	Birr
Fiji	Suva	Jun-2010	98	101 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.572371	Dollar (Fiji)
France	Beaumont-Hamel	L	123	118	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
France	Lyon	Oct-2010	123	118	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
France	Paris	Oct-2010	129	124	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
France	Rennes	L	123	118	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
France	St-Louis	L	123	118	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
France	Vimy	L	123	118	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
Gabon	Libreville	Aug-2011	124	106 (a)	May-2012	0.002022	Franc (C.F.A.)
Gambia	Banjul	Mar-2009	82	78 (a)	Mar-2012	0.034090	Dalasi
Georgia	Tbilisi	Apr-2009	98	103 (a)	Oct-2011	0.617917	Lari
Germany	Koblenz	Jun-2009	121	117	Jun-2012	1.317636	Euro
Ghana	Accra	Mar-2012	104	106	Jul-2012	0.550186	Cedi
Ghana	Tamale	Mar-2012	111	111	Jul-2012	0.550186	Cedi
Grenada	St. George's	Jun-2007	79	82 (a)	Oct-2011	0.383020	Dollar (East Caribbean)
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Mar-2010	105	109	Nov-2011	0.131126	Quetzal
Guinea	Conakry	Oct-2008	117	120 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.000149	Franc (Guinea)
Guyana	Georgetown	Jun-2010	111	106	Apr-2012	0.005040	Dollar (Guyana)
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Jun-2010	121	124	Sep-2011	0.024917	Gourde
Haiti	St. Marc	L	121	124	Sep-2011	0.024917	Gourde
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Aug-2010	72	75	Jul-2012	0.054765	Lempira
India	Hyderabad	L	103	99	Jun-2012	0.018976	Rupee (India)
India	New Delhi	L	103	99	Jun-2012	0.018976	Rupee (India)
Indonesia	Indonesia Other	Feb-2009	111	116	Aug-2010	0.000117	Rupiah
Indonesia	Jakarta	Feb-2009	111	116	Aug-2010	0.000117	Rupiah
Indonesia	Semarang	L	111	116	Aug-2010	0.000117	Rupiah
Israel	Jerusalem	L	124	120	Apr-2012	0.269465	Shekel (Israel)
Israel	Tel Aviv	Apr-2010	124	120	Apr-2012	0.269465	Shekel (Israel)
Italy	Rome	Sep-2009	120	116 (1)	Aug-2012	1.269395	Euro
Jamaica	Kingston	Oct-2009	118	121	Oct-2011	0.011933	Dollar (Jamaica)
Japan	Tokyo	Nov-2011	185	184	Jul-2012	0.013223	Yen
Jordan	Amman	Mar-2010	108	112	Feb-2012	1.461056	Dinar (Jordan)
Kenya	Nairobi	Feb-2009	109	116	Jan-2012	0.012104	Shilling (Kenya)
Kosovo	Pristina	L	113	109	Jan-2012	1.373930	Euro
Kuwait	Kuwait (CIDA)	Feb-2009	105	108	Jul-2012	3.753380	Dinar (Kuwait)
Laos	Vientiane	Sep-2010	89	92 (a)	Jul-2012	0.000131	Kip
Latvia	Riga	Sep-2010	105	99	Feb-2012	1.913585	Lat
Lebanon	Beirut	Jan-2012	111	110 (1)	Aug-2012	0.000690	Pound (Lebanon)
Lesotho	Maseru	Mar-2011	96	93 (a)	Jun-2012	0.126472	Maloti
Liberia	Monrovia	Aug-2009	106	110 (a)	Jan-2012	0.021311	Dollar (Liberia)
Lithuania	Vilnius	May-2010	90	84	Feb-2012	0.386606	Litus
Macedonia	Skopje	Apr-2010	90	85	Feb-2012	0.022115	Denar
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Jan-2011	100	95 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.000465	Ariari
Malawi	Lilongwe	Oct-2011	111	100 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	0.003863	Kwacha (Malawi)
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Feb-2012	98	100	Apr-2012	0.332868	Ringgit (Malaysia)
Mali	Bamako	Jan-2012	118	114	May-2012	0.002032	Franc (C.F.A.)
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Feb-2010	98	94 (a)	Apr-2012	0.003483	Ouguiya
Mexico	Guadalajara	L	92	93	Jul-2012	0.075359	Peso (Mexico)
Mexico	Monterrey	Mar-2012	92	93	Jul-2012	0.075359	Peso (Mexico)
Mexico	Puebla	L	92	93	Jul-2012	0.075359	Peso (Mexico)
Mexico	Querétaro	L	92	93	Jul-2012	0.075359	Peso (Mexico)
Mexico	San Cristobal	L	92	93	Jul-2012	0.075359	Peso (Mexico)
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Jun-2011	95	105	May-2012	0.000774	Tugrik
Morocco	Rabat	Feb-2009	110	106	Apr-2012	0.124221	Dirham (Morocco)
Mozambique	Maputo	Nov-2010	110	117	Sep-2011	0.037589	Metical
Mozambique	Vilankulos	L	110	117	Sep-2011	0.037589	Metical
Namibia	Windhoek	L	104	100	Jun-2012	0.126355	Rand
Nepal	Kathmandu	Sep-2009	78	76 (a)	May-2012	0.012285	Rupee (Nepal)
New Zealand	Wellington	Apr-2011	116	121 (1)	Aug-2012	0.825884	Dollar (New Zealand)
Nicaragua	Managua	Nov-2010	75	78 (a)	Dec-2011	0.046045	Cordoba, New
Niger	Niamey	Jun-2010	90	86 (a)	Apr-2012	0.002041	Franc (C.F.A.)
Nigeria	Abuja	Jun-2009	137	146	Mar-2012	0.006424	Naira
Nigeria	Bauchi	L	129	137	Mar-2012	0.006424	Naira
Nigeria	Calabar	L	129	137	Mar-2012	0.006424	Naira
Nigeria	Lagos	Apr-2009	129	137	Mar-2012	0.006424	Naira
Pakistan	Lahore	L	93	90	May-2011	0.011541	Rupee (Pakistan)
Pakistan	Pakistan Other	May-2007	93	90	May-2011	0.011541	Rupee (Pakistan)
Panama	Panama City	L	95	98 (a)	Jul-2012	1.048698	Balboa
Paraguay	Asuncion	May-2010	89	93 (a)	Apr-2012	0.000238	Guarani
Peru	Lima	May-2011	107	111	Dec-2011	0.390498	Soles
Philippines	Manila	Mar-2010	103	107 (1)	Aug-2012	0.024698	Peso (Philippines)
Poland	Warsaw	Apr-2009	120	112	Oct-2011	0.322345	Zloty
Qatar	Doha	May-2010	99	104	Oct-2011	0.281658	Riyal (Qatar)
Romania	Bucharest	Mar-2011	103	99	Jun-2012	0.296718	Leu
Rwanda	Kigali	Jun-2010	104	107	Jul-2012	0.001760	Franc (Rwanda)
Senegal	Dakar	Nov-2011	114	109 (1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Senegal	Kolda	L	114	109 (1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Senegal	Thies	L	114	109 (1)	Aug-2012	0.001935	Franc (C.F.A.)
Serbia	Belgrade	Apr-2012	112	111 (1)	Aug-2012	0.010878	Dinar (Serbia)
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Jun-2009	96	100 (a)	Jul-2012	0.000243	Leone
Singapore	Singapore	Apr-2009	124	128	Sep-2011	0.828342	Dollar (Singapore)
Slovakia	Bratislava	Dec-2009	105	100 (a)(1)	Aug-2012	1.269395	Euro
South Africa	Johannesburg	L	104	100	Jun-2012	0.126355	Rand
South Africa	Pretoria	May-2010	104	100	Jun-2012	0.126355	Rand
Spain	Valencia	Feb-2012	113	120	May-2012	1.339548	Euro
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Nov-2010	102	97	Apr-2012	0.008065	Rupee (Sri Lanka)
St. Kitts & Nevis	Basseterre	L	81	84 (a)	Oct-2011	0.383020	Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Lucia	Castries	L	79	82 (a)	Oct-2011	0.383020	Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	L	79	82 (a)	Oct-2011	0.383020	Dollar (East Caribbean)
Sudan	Juba	L	134	108 (1)	Aug-2012	0.234118	Pound (Sudan)
Sudan	Khartoum	Apr-2011	119	98 (1)	Aug-2012	0.234118	Pound (Sudan)
Switzerland	Geneva	Mar-2010	149	142 (1)	Aug-2012	1.056982	Franc (Switzerland)
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Apr-2010	70	77 (a)	Feb-2011	0.230391	Somoni
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Apr-2011	104	108	Jun-2012	0.000653	Shilling (Tanzania)
Tanzania	Tanzania Other	L	104	108	Jun-2012	0.000653	Shilling (Tanzania)
Thailand	Bangkok	Feb-2012	109	110	May-2012	0.032809	Baht
Trinidad & Tobago	Port of Spain	May-2010	109	117	Jul-2012	0.164072	Dollar (Trinidad and Tobago)
Tunisia	Tunis	Jun-2009	93	90	Mar-2012	0.676804	Dinar (Tunisia)
Uganda	Kampala	Jun-2010	97	100 (a)	Jun-2012	0.000418	Shilling
Ukraine	Kyiv	Mar-2012	107	107	Jul-2012	0.131423	Hryvna (Ukraine)
United Kingdom	Cheltenham	Oct-2009	110	114	Aug-2010	1.619157	Pound (United Kingdom)
United States of America	Denver	May-2010	98	102	Jul-2012	1.048698	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Fort Gordon, GA	Jan-2010	93	97	Oct-2011	1.022652	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Hilo	Jun-2010	114	119	Jul-2012	1.048698	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Houston	Aug-2010	97	101	Jul-2012	1.048698	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Ithaca	Jan-2010	97	102	Oct-2011	1.022652	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Los Altos	Jun-2010	109	113	Oct-2011	1.022652	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	New York City	Nov-2009	120	124	Nov-2011	1.040145	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Pasadena	Jul-2010	108	112	Jul-2012	1.048698	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Stratford, Conn.	Nov-2009	103	106	Oct-2011	1.022652	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Tampa	Jan-2010	93	97	Oct-2011	1.022652	Dollar (USA)
United States of America	Washington D.C.	Nov-2009	103	108	Oct-2011	1.017639	Dollar (USA)
Uruguay	Montevideo	Oct-2010	136	131	Jul-2012	0.049574	Peso (Uruguay)
Vietnam	Hanoi	Feb-2011	100	104	Jul-2012	0.000050	Dong
West Bank and Gaza	Gaza City	L	124	120	Apr-2012	0.269465	Shekel (Israel)
West Bank and Gaza	Ramallah	L	124	120	Apr-2012	0.269465	Shekel (Israel)
Zambia	Lusaka	Dec-2009	116	125 (1)	Aug-2012	0.000213	Kwacha (Zambia)
Zimbabwe	Harare	Jun-2011	104	111	Aug-2011	0.974406	Dollar (USA)
(1) Post Index has been updated or is new this month. (2) Previously released Post Index has been revised. ... Not applicable L Where no Survey Date is shown, the Post Index is linked to another Post Index where a survey has been carried out. (a) - Based on U.S. Department of State surveys; does not include access to duty-free purchases.