Mauritius Jan inflation eases to 0.4 pct y/y: stats office

A vendor sells chillies at a food market in Port Louis in a file photo. REUTERS/Ed Harris

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius' rate of inflation eased to 0.4 percent year-on-year in January, the statistics office said on Tuesday. It was up 1.3 percent from December. (Reporting by Jean-Paul Arouff; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)