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Palestinian Producer Price Index, October,10/2017
Increase in the Producer Price Index during October 2017
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 101.63 in October 2017, as it increased by 1.62% compared to September 2017.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 101.87 in October 2017, which indicates an increase by 1.84% compared to September 2017.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 99.72 in October 2017, which indicates a decrease by 0.17% compared to September 2017.
The changes of Producer Price Index for October 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 |
+ 9.20% |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
+ 1.90% |
|
Manufacturing |
+ 0.10% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
- 1.94% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
- 0.77% |
NB:
-Data collection of Producer Price Index survey was funded by the European Union.
-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.