February 28 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's industrial producer price index (PPI) increased 4.3% year-on-year in January, after rising 3.5% in December, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday.
The rise in PPI in January was driven by a 12.6% increase of mining prices, NSI said in a statement.
On a monthly comparison basis, producer prices added 0.3% in January.
The industrial PPI on the domestic market climbed 4.7% on the year and 0.3% on a monthly comparison basis. The PPI on the non-domestic market increased by 3.7% year-on-year and edged up 0.2% month-on-month.
Bulgarian producer prices, breakdown by industry (pct change):
|
Jan y/y |
Jan m/m |
Dec y/y |
Dec m/m |
Industrial PPI, total |
4.3 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
-manufacturing |
2.9 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
-mining |
12.6 |
5.1 |
7.3 |
1.0 |
-utilities |
7.5 |
-0.2 |
8.7 |
-0.4 |
source: NSI