Producer Price Index - Manufacturing - 2nd Quarter 2019
Highlights
(Base Period: 2013=100)
1. The PPI-M, which stood at 109.6 in March 2019, registered an increase of 0.4 point (+0.4%) during the second quarter of 2019 to reach 110.0 in June 2019. On a monthly basis, the PPI-M decreased by 0.1 point (-0.1%) in April 2019, remained unchanged in May 2019 and increased by 0.5 point (+0.5%) in June 2019.
2. The average PPI-M for the second quarter of 2019 stood at 109.7, i.e. an increase of 0.3 point (+0.3%) from 109.4 in the first quarter of 2019. Compared to the corresponding quarter of 2018, the average PPI-M for the second quarter of 2019 increased by 1.7 points (+1.6%), mainly explained by higher prices of “Food products and beverages” (+2.0%).
September 2019
