May 7 (SeeNews) - Romania’s industrial producer prices fell by 7.9% year-on-year in March, mainly due to a drop in mining and utilities, the statistical office, INS, said on Tuesday.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices decreased by 1.8% in March, INS said, quoting provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 10.9% year-on-year in March, while on the external market prices edged up by an annual 0.5%.
Energy prices fell 22.4% on the year in March, while the prices of intermediate goods decreased by 4.2%. Capital goods saw a 6.23% annual increase, while the prices of durable and non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.76% and 3.96%, respectively.
Romania’s March industrial producer prices (provisional data, pct change):
|
March y/y |
Feb y/y |
March m/m |
Feb m/m |
Total |
-7.94 |
-6.30 |
-1.78 |
-0.77 |
-mining |
-6.41 |
-8.20 |
-0.32 |
-1.09 |
-manufacturing |
+1.05 |
+1.40 |
+0.27 |
+0.31 |
-utilities |
-26.62 |
-21.80 |
-7.21 |
-3.52 |
-water and waste management |
+16.53 |
+17.66 |
+0.16 |
+3.24 |
Source: INS