The producer price index (PPI) in December 2012 was 214.0 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), 1.1% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 269.8 points which is 0.1% lower than in November 2012 and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 225.7 points, 2.0% lower (effect on the index -0.7%). The PPI for food products decreased by 0.3% (-0.1%) and the PPI for other manufactured products decreased by 1.8% (-0.3%).
The PPI for domestically sold products was 1.1% (-0.3%) lower than in the previous month while the index for exported products decreased by 1.1% (-0.8%).
Compared to December 2011 the PPI has increased by 1.2%. The PPI for fish products rose by 1.2% and the PPI for power intensive industry products decreased by 0.4%. In the same period the PPI for food products rose by 2.9%.
| Monthly changes (%) | ||||||
| Power | ||||||
| intensive | ||||||
| Marine | industry | Food | Domestic | Exported | ||
| PPI | products | products | production | sales | products | |
| 2011 | ||||||
| December | 0.1 | 1.9 | -1.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | ||||||
| January | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| February | 1.9 | -0.8 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| March | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4.5 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| April | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| May | -2.5 | -1.7 | -5.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -3.3 |
| June | -1.2 | -0.7 | -2.0 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -1.5 |
| July | -3.3 | -1.7 | -6.4 | 1.9 | -0.6 | -4.2 |
| August | -2.7 | -3.4 | -4.6 | -0.6 | 0.6 | -3.7 |
| September | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 2.5 |
| 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 |
| Annual changes (%) | ||||||
| Power | ||||||
| intensive | ||||||
| Marine | industry | Food | Domestic | Exported | ||
| PPI | products | products | production | sales | products | |
| 2011 | ||||||
| December | 6.7 | 18.4 | -6.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | ||||||
| January | 5.7 | 16.3 | -8.1 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 4.6 |
| February | 4.9 | 12.7 | -6.5 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 3.9 |
| March | 6.4 | 12.9 | -3.9 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| April | 5.3 | 12.4 | -3.4 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 4.5 |
| May | 1.0 | 9.6 | -12.3 | 5.3 | 7.4 | -0.8 |
| June | -0.7 | 6.9 | -12.7 | 3.7 | 7.4 | -2.9 |
| July | -4.2 | 4.9 | -17.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | -6.8 |
| August | -6.1 | 0.9 | -19.3 | 2.0 | 4.4 | -9.1 |
| September | -3.7 | 4.1 | -16.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | -5.7 |
| 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 |
In evaluating the price changes accounted for here, it may be taken into consideration that the trade-weighted average price of foreign exchange in December 2012 was 0.8% higher than in the preceding month and 4.8% higher than in December 2011.