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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Producer Price Index, during January, 01/2016
Decrease in the Producer Price1 Index during January 2016
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 99.87 in January 2016, as it decreased by 0.13% compared to December 2015.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 99.72 in January 2016, which indicates a decrease by 0.28% compared to December 2015.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 99.99 in January 2016, which indicates a slight decrease by 0.01% compared to December 2015.
The changes of Producer Price Index for January 2016 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:
|
Major Activities |
Change |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods: |
- 1.89%
|
|
Manufacturing: |
- 0.34% |
|
Mining and quarrying: |
- 2.76% |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
+ 5.27% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
+ 2.76% |
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.
The trend line for the Producer Price Index in Palestine, for the period:
January 2015 - January 2016
(Base Month December 2015=100)
Note: since the beginning of 2016, PCBS updated the base month for the Producer Price Index, to be December 2015 instead of 2011, as well as started using International Standard of Industrial Classification for all Economic Activates revision four instead of revision three.