NEWS RELEASE PRICES 31 MARCH 2016

The producer price index (PPI) in February 2016 was 199.4 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), which is 1.2% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 264.0 points which is 0.6% lower than in January 2015 (effect on the index -0.2%) and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 175.1 points, 2.6% lower than in the previous month (-0.9%). The PPI for food products decreased by 0.3% and the index for other manufactured products decreased by 0.7% (-0.1%).

The PPI for domestically sold products was 0.6% (-0.2%) lower than in the previous month and the index for exported products decreased by 1.5% (-1.0%).

Compared with February 2015, the PPI has decreased by 8.9%. The PPI for fish products decreased by 2.6% and the PPI for power intensive industry has decreased by 22.6%. The price of food products has increased by 2.4%.

Monthly changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
February -2.0 -1.9 -4.2 -0.5 0.2 -2.8
March 2.4 1.6 5.0 -0.3 0.2 3.3
April -0.8 0.7 -3.3 0.0 0.3 -1.2
May 0.0 -0.9 -0.5 0.7 1.2 -0.4
June -0.4 1.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.3
July -2.5 1.0 -6.6 1.4 -0.7 -3.2
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

 

Annual changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
February 12.1 13.2 22.0 0.4 1.2 16.0
March 15.9 13.3 31.5 0.0 2.5 20.9
April 14.4 11.2 28.2 -0.7 2.2 18.9
May 12.5 9.6 18.9 0.0 5.4 15.0
June 11.0 9.2 20.2 0.3 2.3 14.1
July 7.4 8.8 7.5 1.5 4.0 8.4
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

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