Table 27: 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)
Dec-99	18,425	7,120	506	26,051	24.6
Jan-00	18,913	6,596	502	26,011	24.6
Feb-00	18,555	6,628	497	25,680	24.3
Mar-00	18,214	6,537	500	25,251	23.9
Apr-00	17,728	6,226	491	24,445	23.1
May-00	17,222	6,499	495	24,216	22.9
Jun-00	17,455	7,254	505	25,214	23.9
Jul-00	17,067	6,554	498	24,119	22.8
Aug-00	16,926	5,964	499	23,388	22.1
Sep-00	16,895	6,428	499	23,822	22.5
Oct-00	16,987	6,693	504	24,183	22.9
Nov-00	24,395	7,328	517	32,240	30.5
Dec-00	24,840	8,188	526	33,554	31.7
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 fiscal year 1999-00, excluding the purchase of aircraft.