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PCBS | PCBS : Press Release about the Palestinian Producer Price Index, July, 07/2018


Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Producer Price Index, July , 07/2018


Increase in the Producer Price  Index (PPI) during July 2018
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base month (December      2015 = 100) reached 106.11 in July 2018, as it increased by 1.39% compared to June 2018.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015 = 100) reached 106.81 in July 2018, which indicates an increase of 1.52% compared to June 2018.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015 = 100) reached 100.03 in July 2018, which indicates an increase of 0.26% compared to June 2018.

The changes of PPI for July 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

  + 7.85%

Manufacturing

+ 0.50%

Mining and quarrying

      0.00%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

 - 1.08%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

 - 0.11%


















The table shows Monthly percent changes in Palestinian PPI for the period January – July 2018:

Month

Local Products

Exported Products

Total Products

January

+ 1.92

+ 0.09

+ 1.73

February

+ 2.63

- 0.07

+ 2.34

March

- 1.59

- 0.12

- 1.44

April

+ 2.03

+ 0.80

+ 1.91

May

+ 0.40

+ 0.10

+ 0.37

June

+ 0.80

- 0.26

+ 0.69

July

+ 1.52

+ 0.26

+ 1.39

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