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Palestinian Producer Price Index, September,09/2017
Decrease in the Producer Price Index during September 2017
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 99.45 in September 2017, as it decreased by 4.11% compared to August 2017.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 99.36 in September 2017, which indicates a decrease by 4.32% compared to August 2017.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 100.12 in September 2017, which indicates a decrease by 0.49% compared to August 2017.
The changes of Producer Price Index for September 2017 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:
|
Major Activities |
Change |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
- 15.92% |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
- 3.10% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
+ 1.19% |
|
Manufacturing |
+0.31% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
+ 0.29% |
The table below shows monthly percent change in PPI for the period January – September 2017:
|
Month |
Local Products |
Exported Products |
Total Products |
|
January |
- 4.66 |
+ 0.79 |
- 3.95 |
|
February |
- 0.23 |
+ 0.13 |
- 0.20 |
|
March |
- 0.64 |
- 0.87 |
- 0.79 |
|
April |
+ 3.27 |
- 0.31 |
+ 2.70 |
|
May |
- 0.49 |
- 0.62 |
- 0.49 |
|
June |
+ 9.41 |
+ 1.14 |
+ 8.80 |
|
July |
+ 1.90 |
+ 0.23 |
+ 1.60 |
|
August |
- 7.08 |
+ 0.08 |
- 6.38 |
|
September |
- 4.32 |
- 0.49 |
- 4.11 |
NB: Data collection of Producer Price Index survey was funded by the European Union.