NEWS RELEASE PRICES 30 SEPTEMBER 2016

The producer price index (PPI) in August 2016 was 198.6 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), which is 0.8% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 255.2 points which is 0.9% lower than in July (effect on the index -0.3%) and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 175.3 points, 1.0% lower than in the previous month (-0.4%). The PPI for food products was 177.0 points, 0.2% lower than in the previous month and the index for other manufactured products was also 176.3 points, decreased by 0.6% (-0.1%).

The PPI for domestically sold products was 0.5% lower than in the previous month (-0.2%) and the index for exported products decreased by 0.9% (-0.6%).

Compared with August 2015, the PPI has decreased by 6.2%. The PPI for fish products has decreased by 6.2% and the PPI for power intensive industry has decreased by 13.1%. The price of food products has increased by 1.5%.

Monthly changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
August -2.1 -2.9 -4.3 1.2 0.8 -3.4
September -2.7 -2.6 -7.9 0.0 1.7 -4.5
October -1.2 -1.7 -0.4 -0.4 -1.0 -1.3
November 0.4 2.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.8 0.9
December -1.2 1.3 -4.5 0.6 -0.9 -1.3
2016            
January -0.1 -1.4 1.6 0.3 -0.6 0.2
February -1.2 -0.6 -2.6 -0.3 -0.6 -1.5
March 0.5 -1.2 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
April -0.5 -0.4 -2.5 1.2 1.5 -1.3
May 1.0 0.8 1.7 -0.1 0.5 1.1
June -0.1 0.3 -1.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2
July -0.6 -2.1 0.5 0.7 0.1 -0.9
August -0.8 -0.9 -1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.9
Annual changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
August 1.5 3.3 -4.4 2.7 4.3 0.1
September -2.9 2.4 -16.0 3.1 4.7 -6.1
October -5.2 -1.3 -16.9 2.0 2.9 -8.5
November -5.3 -0.7 -17.0 1.4 2.3 -8.4
December -9.4 -1.5 -25.5 1.7 0.5 -13.3
2016            
January -9.6 -3.8 -23.8 2.2 -0.1 -13.4
February -8.9 -2.6 -22.6 2.4 -0.9 -12.2
March -10.7 -5.3 -24.4 3.4 -0.5 -14.6
April -10.4 -6.3 -23.8 4.6 0.7 -14.7
May -9.5 -4.6 -22.1 3.8 0.0 -13.3
June -9.3 -5.2 -22.0 3.7 0.7 -13.2
July -7.5 -8.1 -16.0 3.0 1.5 -11.1
August -6.2 -6.2 -13.1 1.5 0.2 -8.8

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