| 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) | |||||||
| Mar-98 | 15,308 | 6,633 | 225 | 22,166 | 24.6 | ||
| Apr-98 | 14,743 | 5,873 | 227 | 20,843 | 23.1 | ||
| May-98 | 14,452 | 6,122 | 227 | 20,801 | 23.1 | ||
| Jun-98 | 14,869 | 6,249 | 231 | 21,349 | 23.7 | ||
| Jul-98 | 14,131 | 4,774 | 231 | 19,136 | 21.2 | ||
| Aug-98 | 14,038 | 4,638 | 232 | 18,909 | 21.0 | ||
| Sep-98 | 14,121 | 5,245 | 230 | 19,596 | 21.7 | ||
| Oct-98 | 12,780 | 4,801 | 236 | 17,817 | 19.8 | ||
| Nov-98 | 12,658 | 5,042 | 240 | 17,940 | 19.9 | ||
| Dec-98 | 13,867 | 5,777 | 250 | 19,894 | 22.1 | ||
| *: Includes Foreign Assets of the Government and the country's Reserve Position in the IMF. | |||||||
| #: Based on the revised value of the import bill for the fiscal year 1997-98 (excluding the purchase of aircraft | |||||||
| and marine vessel). | |||||||