Total Producer Price Index in November 2017 increased by 0.6% compared to the previous month

Total Producer Price Index in Industry in November 2017 increased by 0.6% compared to the previous month. Higher prices were registered in manufacturing by 0.9%, in the mining and quarrying industry prices declined by 1.5% and in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply the prices remained unchanged. In the manufacturing , more significant increase in prices were seen in the manufacture of tobacco products by 1.9% and in the manufacture of leather and related products by 0.8%, while price decreases were reported in other manufacturing and in the repair and installation of machinery and equipment by 0.8% as well as in the manufacturing of other non-metallic mineral products by 0.4%.

Total Producer Price Index in November 2017 increased by 5.7% compared to the same month of 2016. The prices rose in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 9.9%, in the manufacturing by 4.5% and in the mining and quarrying industry by 3.8% . In the manufacturing more significant increases in prices were seen in the manufacture of basic metals by 11.3%, in the manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials by 7.3%, and in the manufacture of paper and paper products by 5.1%, while the producer prices fell in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products and in the manufacture of other transport equipment by 2.3%.

Source: National Statistical Institute