NEWS RELEASE PRICES 28 NOVEMBER 2013

The producer price index (PPI) in October 2013 was 201.6 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), 0.8% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 253.6 points which is 0.5% higher than in September 2013 (effect on the index 0.2%) and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 198.7 points, 2.6% lower (-0.9%). The PPI for food products increased by 1.5% (0.2%) and the PPI for other manufactured products decreased by 2.3% (-0.3%).

The PPI for domestically sold products was 0.2% lower than in the previous month while the index for exported products decreased by 1.0% (-0.8%).

Compared to October 2012 the PPI has decreased by 6.4%. The PPI for fish products and the PPI for power intensive industry decreased by 5.3% and 14.7% respectively. In the same period the PPI for food products rose by 3.6%.

Monthly changes (%)
Power 
intensive
Marine industry Food  Domestic Exported
  PPI products  products production sales products
2012
October 3.9 0.6 11.2 0.1 -1.0 5.4
November 0.4 0.8 -1.1 0.2 1.3 0.2
December -1.1 -0.1 -2.0 -0.3 -1.1 -1.1
2013
January 4.3 0.5 8.7 0.6 1.8 5.0
February -2.8 -3.1 -2.4 0.7 -1.1 -3.3
March -1.4 -3.6 -1.6 1.0 1.1 -2.2
April -5.9 -4.3 -10.9 -0.1 -1.0 -7.4
May 0.6 1.7 -0.3 0.3 1.0 0.7
June 0.5 1.4 -0.6 -0.5 0.3 0.6
July -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1
August -2.8 -0.6 -5.1 -0.2 -1.9 -3.1
September 2.9 1.6 3.3 0.5 2.7 3.0
October -0.8 0.5 -2.6 1.5 -0.2 -1.0

Annual changes (%)
Power 
intensive
Marine industry Food  Domestic Exported
  PPI products  products production sales products
2012
October 1.0 2.8 -2.8 2.8 1.7 0.8
November 2.5 3.1 0.1 2.8 2.1 2.4
December 1.2 1.2 -0.4 2.9 1.1 1.1
2013
January 4.4 0.1 8.0 3.3 2.0 5.0
February -0.4 -2.3 0.2 4.1 0.6 -0.8
March -4.4 -7.8 -5.7 5.3 1.1 -6.1
April -10.5 -12.8 -15.9 4.6 -0.4 -13.5
May -7.6 -9.8 -11.8 4.7 0.4 -10.0
June -6.0 -7.8 -10.5 4.5 0.8 -8.1
July -2.9 -6.3 -4.5 2.4 1.1 -4.2
August -3.0 -3.6 -5.1 2.9 -1.4 -3.5
September -1.9 -5.2 -2.6 2.2 1.8 -3.1
October -6.4 -5.3 -14.7 3.6 2.6 -9.0

Statistics

Further Information

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