| Table 29 : Net International Reserves | ||||||
| Bank of | Commercial | Others* | Net | Import | ||
| Mauritius | Banks Net | International | Coverage | |||
| Foreign | Foreign | Reserves | (No. of | |||
| Assets | Assets | weeks)# | ||||
| (Rs million) | ||||||
| Jul-98 | 14,131 | 4,774 | 231 | 19,136 | 20.0 | |
| Aug-98 | 14,038 | 4,638 | 232 | 18,909 | 19.7 | |
| Sep-98 | 14,121 | 5,245 | 230 | 19,596 | 20.5 | |
| Oct-98 | 12,780 | 4,801 | 236 | 17,817 | 18.6 | |
| Nov-98 | 12,658 | 5,042 | 240 | 17,940 | 18.7 | |
| Dec-98 | 13,867 | 5,778 | 250 | 19,895 | 20.8 | |
| Jan-99 | 15,188 | 6,004 | 252 | 21,444 | 22.4 | |
| Feb-99 | 15,368 | 5,816 | 493 | 21,677 | 22.6 | |
| Mar-99 | 16,038 | 6,039 | 493 | 22,570 | 23.6 | |
| *: Includes Foreign Assets of the Government and the country's Reserve Position in the IMF. | ||||||
| #: Based on the value of the import bill for the calendar year 1998. | ||||||