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CED-82-23 1 (1981-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabctx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 December 16, 1981 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVEWLPMENT DIVISION B- 205808j J5J The Honorable Ron de Lugo 117182 House of Representatives Dear Mr. de Lugo: Subject: High Food Prices in the Virgin Islands (CED-82-23) Your October 13, 1981, letter expressed concern about the high cost of living in the Virgin Islands and, in particular, high food prices on the islands compared to other locations. You asked us to determine: 1. Actual food price differences between the Virgin Islands and other locations such as Washington, D.C.; southwest Florida; and perhaps Puerto Rico, and whether any such differences are increasing or decreasing in recent years. 2. Reasons for substantially higher food prices in the Virgin Islands than elsewhere if, in fact, that is what is found. This report responds to the first part of your request. As arranged with your office, work we do under part two of the re- quest will follow the issuance of this'report and further discus- sion concerning the scope and timing of such work. To determine actual food price differences, we obtained and analyzed food price data from three different sources: (1) Virgin Islands Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture, and (3) U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Each source used a different ap- proach in assembling and analyzfing its data and these differences are reflected in the results. i The results generally indicate that: --Food prices are higher in the Virgin Islands than in Washington, D.C.; southwest Florida; and Puerto Rico. In Hawaii--representing another island economy--food prices are slightly higher than in the Virgin Islands. --The amounts of the differences depended on the data gathered and approaches used. For example, using different sets of data, Virgin Islands-food prices ranged from 26 percent to 56 percent higher than food prices in Washington, D.C. (097670)

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