June 5 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria posted the EU's third-largest annual fall in the industrial producer price index (PPI) in April, at 10.6%, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
In contrast, Croatia registered the smallest annual decline in industrial PPI among EU member states in Southeast Europe (SEE), at 2%, the bloc's statistical office said in a data release.
On a monthly comparison basis, Croatia recorded the EU's second-steepest fall in industrial PPI, at 1.9%, followed by Greece with 1.8%.
Slovenia, on the other hand, marked the sole monthly rise in industrial prices among EU states in SEE, at 0.1%.
Industrial producer prices in the EU overall went down by 5.5% on the year and by 0.7% month-on-month in April.
Below are the percentage changes in the PPI of EU member states in SEE in April:
EU member state |
April y/y |
April m/m |
Bulgaria |
-10.6 |
-0.8 |
Croatia |
-2.0 |
-1.9 |
Greece |
-3.3 |
-1.8 |
Romania |
-5.7 |
-0.2 |
Slovenia |
-3.8 |
0.1 |
EU average |
-5.5 |
-0.7 |
Source: Eurostat