NEWS RELEASE PRICES 30 JULY 2007

The producer price index (PPI) in June 2007 was 118.2 points, 0.1% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 119.7 points, 1.0% lower than in May (effect on the index -0.4%), and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 143.3 points, 1.3% lower (-0.2%). The PPI for food products was 0.1% lower than in May (0.0%) while the PPI for other manufactured products rose by 1.9% (0.5%).

The PPI for domestically sold products was 0.8% higher than in the previous month (0.3%) while the index for exported products declined 0.7% (-0.4%).

From June 2006, the PPI has decreased by 4.8%. Over the last twelve months the PPI for fish products has fallen by 4.5% and the PPI for power intensive industry products by 14.8%. The PPI for food products rose by 2.3% in the same period.

Basic weights for the PPI are revised annually and are as of June 2007 based on Statistics Iceland’s PRODCOM survey for the years 2005 and 2006.

Monthly changes (%)
2007 PPI Marine Power intensive Food  Domestic Exported
    products industry products production sales products
January 0.9 0.4 4.1 0.7 0.2 1.3
February -3.1 -3.5 -3.7 0.7 -0.2 -4.8
March 0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.6 -0.3
April -0.5 0.4 -3.6 0.1 0.1 -0.9
May -2.4 -4.2 -1.2 0.0 -0.5 -3.5
June -0.1 -1.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.8 -0.7


Annual changes (%)
2007 PPI Marine Power intensive Food  Domestic Exported
    products industry products production sales products
January 22.4 28.6 42.0 7.1 8.0 30.9
February 15.6 23.1 24.9 6.8 7.1 20.2
March 9.5 14.4 12.2 5.8 7.3 10.4
April 3.9 6.7 1.2 4.9 6.9 2.1
May 1.0 2.0 -3.2 4.0 5.5 -1.7
June -4.8 -4.5 -14.8 2.3 4.1 -9.5

Statistics

Further Information

For further information please contact 528 1100 , email upplysingar@hagstofa.is

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