Decrease in the Producer Price Index (PPI) during June,06/2019
The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 98.54 in June 2019, as it decreased by 0.95% compared to May 2019.
PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 98.34 in June 2019, which indicates a decrease of 1.46% compared to May 2019.
PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 98.57 in June 2019, which indicates a decrease of 0.89% compared to May 2019.
The changes of PPI for June 2019 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:
Major Activities |
% Change |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods |
- 2.96% |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
- 1.02% |
Manufacturing |
- 0.07% |
Mining and quarrying |
0.00% |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
+ 0.41% |
The table shows monthly percent changes in Palestinian PPI for the months: January – June 2019:
Month |
Local Products |
Exported Products |
All Products |
January |
- 0.01 |
- 0.17 |
- 0.03 |
February |
+ 1.09 |
+ 0.77 |
+ 1.06 |
March |
- 0.96 |
- 0.13 |
- 0.87 |
April |
+ 0.43 |
- 0.01 |
+ 0.39 |
May |
- 1.12 |
- 1.34 |
- 1.14 |
June |
- 0.89 |
- 1.46 |
- 0.95 |