The government usually takes the twelve month moving average as the official inflation figure.
Besides fuel and electricity, the department said short supply of consumer goods in the Colombo city saw prices of rice, bread, flour, cooked food, dried chillies, pepper, limes, red onions, coconuts, eggs and some varieties of vegetables rising.
However, there was a drop in prices of sugar, most varieties of fresh fish and potatoes, the statement said. As a result the Colombo Consumer Price Index or CCPI ended at 4699.9in September.