BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The consumer price index (CPI) in October 2025 recorded an increase of 0.1 per cent compared to October 2024, driven by increases of 0.4 per cent in the food and non-alcoholic beverages index; and 0.03 per cent in the non-food index, a release from the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy stated.
The increase in the food and non-alcoholic beverages index was mainly contributed by an increase in the prices of fruits (4.6 per cent), particularly fresh non-tropical fruits; fish and seafood (1.6 per cent), mainly fresh fish; and coffee, tea and cocoa (4.6 per cent).
