Palestinian Producer Price Index, February,02/ 2018
Increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI) during February,02/2018The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 103.11 in February 2018, as it increased by 2.34% compared to January 2018.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 103.54 in February 2018, which indicates an increase by 2.63% compared to January 2018.
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 99.26 in February 2018, which indicates a slight decrease by 0.07% compared to January 2018.
The changes of Producer Price Index for February 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 |
+19.93% |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
+ 1.65% |
Mining and quarrying |
+ 0.32% |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
- 0.63% |
Manufacturing |
- 0.23% |
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.