| Table 26 : Net International Reserves | ||||||
| Bank of | Commercial | Others1 | Net | Import | ||
| Mauritius | Banks Net | International | Coverage | |||
| Foreign | Foreign | Reserves | (No. of | |||
| Assets | Assets | weeks)2 | ||||
| (Rs million) | ||||||
| Jun-99 | 15,315 | 6,772 | 488 | 22,575 | 21.5 | |
| Jul-99 | 14,957 | 6,621 | 499 | 22,077 | 21.0 | |
| Aug-99 | 14,986 | 6,145 | 502 | 21,633 | 20.6 | |
| Sep-99 | 15,696 | 6,526 | 508 | 22,730 | 21.6 | |
| Oct-99 | 16,274 | 6,188 | 508 | 22,970 | 21.9 | |
| Nov-99 | 17,751 | 6,181 | 504 | 24,436 | 23.3 | |
| Dec-99 | 18,425 | 7,120 | 506 | 26,051 | 24.8 | |
| Jan-00 | 18,913 | 6,596 | 502 | 26,011 | 24.8 | |
| Feb-00 | 18,555 | 6,628 | 497 | 25,680 | 24.4 | |
| Mar-00 | 18,214 | 6,537 | 500 | 25,251 | 24.0 | |
| Apr-00 | 17,728 | 6,226 | 491 | 24,445 | 23.3 | |
| May-00 | 17,222 | 6,499 | 495 | 24,216 | 23.0 | |
| Jun-00 | 17,455 | 7,254 | 505 | 25,214 | 24.0 | |
| 1 Includes Foreign Assets of the Government and the country's Reserve Position in the IMF. | ||||||
| 2 Based on the value of the import bill for calendar year 1999, excluding the purchase of aircraft. | ||||||