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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Decrease in the Producer[1] Price Index (PPI) during May, 05/2022
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2019 = 100) reached 103.78 in May 2022, as it decreased by 2.54% compared to April 2022.
PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2019 = 100) reached 103.26 in May 2022, which indicates a decrease of 2.66% compared to April 2022.
PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2019 = 100) reached 108.70 in May 2022, which indicates a decrease of 1.42% compared to April 2022.
The changes of PPI for May 2022 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:
|
Major Activities |
% Change |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
- 9.74% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
- 4.09% |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
- 0.21% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
0.00% |
|
Manufacturing |
+ 0.71% |
Please note that the press release in English is brief compared to the Arabic version.
[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.