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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Producer Price Index, January,01/2017
Decrease in the Producer Price1 Index during January 2017
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 99.05 in January 2017, as it decreased by 3.95% compared to December 2016.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 98.38 in January 2017, which indicates a decrease by 4.66% compared to December 2016.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 100.84 in January 2017, which indicates an increase by 0.79% compared to December 2016.
The changes of Producer Price Index for January 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 |
- 28.12% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
- 1.43% |
|
Manufacturing |
- 0.25% |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
+ 5.06%
|
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
|
+ 4.16% |
The table below shows monthly percent change in PPI for the period
February 2016 – January 2017:
|
Month |
Local Products |
Exported Products |
Total Products |
|
Feb. 16 |
- 0.52 |
- 0.68 |
- 0.61 |
|
Mar.16 |
- 1.00 |
+ 0.08 |
- 0.92 |
|
Apr. 16 |
+ 0.51 |
+ 0.35 |
+ 0.47 |
|
May. 16 |
+ 3.38 |
+ 1.31 |
+ 3.18 |
|
Jun. 16 |
- 1.73 |
- 0.25 |
- 1.60 |
|
Jul. 16 |
+ 2.05 |
+ 0.59 |
+ 1.86 |
|
Aug. 16 |
- 0.16 |
+ 0.19 |
- 0.16 |
|
Sep. 16 |
+ 0.84 |
+ 0.02 |
+ 0.76 |
|
Oct. 16 |
- 0.65 |
- 0.04 |
- 0.58 |
|
Nov. 16 |
+ 0.08 |
- 0.05 |
+ 0.05 |
|
Dec. 16 |
+ 0.70 |
+ 0.19 |
+ 0.70 |
|
2016 |
+ 2.75 |
+ 1.12 |
+ 2.57 |
|
Jan. 17 |
- 4.66 |
+ 0.79 |
- 3.95 |
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.