Increase in the Producer Price Index (PPI) during April,04/2019
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 100.64 in April 2019, as it increased by 0.39% compared to March 2019.
PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 100.57 in April 2019, which indicates an increase of 0.43% compared to March 2019.
PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 101.15 in April 2019, which indicates a slight decrease of 0.01% compared to March 2019.
The changes of PPI for April 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 |
+ 1.18% |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
+ 0.52% |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
+ 0.39% |
Manufacturing |
+ 0.16% |
Mining and quarrying |
0.00% |
Notice:
•The base year of Producer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.