Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Producer Price Index, October, 10/2015
Increase in the PPI during October 2015
The overall Producer Price1 Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2011=100) reached 108.57 in October 2015, with an increase by 0.36% compared with September 2015.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2011=100) reached 109.06 in October 2015, which indicates an increase by 0.40% compared with September 2015.
Producer Price Index for exported products (2011=100) reached 103.56 in October 2015, which indicates a slight decrease by 0.03% compared with September 2015.
The changes of Producer Price Index for October 2015 were traced back to changes in prices of the
following major activities compared with the previous month:
Major Groups |
Change |
Agriculture goods: |
+ 0.66% |
Manufacturing group: |
+ 0.10% |
Fishing: |
+19.03% |
Mining and quarrying: |
0.00 |
The trend line for the Producer Price Index in Palestine, for the period:
October 2014 - October 2015 (Base Year 2011=100)
1 The producer’s price is the amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced as output minus any VAT, or similar deductible tax, invoiced to the purchaser. The producer’s prices exclude any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer.