Palestinian Producer Price Index, January, 01/2018
Increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI) during January 2018
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 100.75 in January 2018, as it increased by 1.73% compared to December 2017.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 100.89 in January 2018, which indicates an increase by 1.92% compared to December 2017.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 99.32 in January 2018, which indicates a slight increase by 0.09% compared to December 2017.
The changes of Producer Price Index for January 2018 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 |
+ 6.01% |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
+ 4.32% |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
+ 0.95% |
Manufacturing |
- 0.26% |
Mining and quarrying |
0.00% |