DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Tanzanian inflation resumed its downward trend in January after a brief

pause the previous month, due mainly to a slower rate of

increase in commodity prices, official data showed on Friday.

Following is a breakdown of the CPI data:

MAIN GROUP WEIGHT % CHANGE % CHANGE

VS VS

ONE MONTH 12-MONTH

Food & non-alcoholic

beverages 47.8 2.5 11.9

Alcoholic & Tobacco 3.3 0.9 23.0

Clothing & Footwear 6.7 0.6 9.8

Housing, water, electricity,

gas and other fuel 9.2 -0.9 15.3

Furnishing, housing equipment,

& routine maintenance 6.7 0.3 7.2

Health 0.9 0.0 2.9

Transport 9.5 -0.5 2.7

Communication 2.1 0.0 -1.8

Recreation & Culture 1.3 0.5 8.9

Education 1.7 1.5 4.2

Restaurants & hotels 6.4 0.6 13.5

Miscellaneous goods

& services 4.5 0.2 8.8

ALL ITEMS INDEX 100.0 1.3 10.9

(Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by Richard Lough)

Keywords: TANZANIA INFLATION/

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