May 30 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's industrial producer price index (PPI) rose 2.9% year-on-year in April, after increasing by 3.0% in March, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Monday.
On a monthly comparison basis, producer prices added 0.7% in April, after remaining flat in the previous month, the NSI said in a monthly report on producer prices in industry.
The PPI on the domestic market climbed 3.8% on the year and increased by 0.4% month-on-month in April. The PPI on the international market added 1.5% on the year and was 1.2% higher than the value recorded the month before.
Bulgarian producer prices, breakdown by industry (pct change):
|
April y/y |
April m/m |
March y/y |
March m/m |
Industrial PPI, total |
2.9 |
0.7 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
- manufacturing |
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
- mining |
0.5 |
-1.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
- utilities |
8.8 |
-0.2 |
11.6 |
-0.1 |
source: NSI