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Slight Decrease in the Producer Price[1] Index (PPI) during January,01/2019
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 100.07 in January 2019, as it slightly decreased by 0.03% compared to December 2018.
PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 100.51 in January 2019, which indicates a decrease of 0.17% compared to December 2018.
PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 100.02 in January 2019, which indicates a slight decrease of 0.01% compared to December 2018.
The changes of PPI for January 2019 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 |
- 1.23% |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
- 0.23% |
|
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
- 0.23% |
|
Mining and quarrying |
- 0.14% |
|
Manufacturing |
+ 0.33% |
Notice:
• The base year of Producer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• The PPI for 12/2018 was re-calculated using the new methodology for monthly comparison purposes.
• The base year of Producer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• The PPI for 12/2018 was re-calculated using the new methodology for monthly comparison purposes.