Table 25 : 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)
Sep-98	14,121	5,245	230	19,596	19.8
Oct-98	12,780	4,801	236	17,817	18.0
Nov-98	12,658	5,042	240	17,940	18.1
Dec-98	13,867	5,778	250	19,895	20.1
Jan-99	15,188	6,004	252	21,444	21.6
Feb-99	15,368	5,816	493	21,677	21.9
Mar-99	16,038	6,039	493	22,570	22.8
Apr-99	15,366	6,177	492	22,035	22.2
May-99	15,082	6,332	491	21,905	22.1
Jun-99	15,315	6,772	488	22,575	22.8
Jul-99	14,957	6,621	499	22,077	22.3
Aug-99	14,986	6,145	502	21,633	21.8
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 1998-99.