August 30 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's annual producer price deflation softened to 4.3% in July from 4.5% the month before, data from the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed on Tuesday.
On a monthly comparison basis, producer prices fell 0.2% last month after ticking up 0.6% in July, the data indicated.
On the domestic market, output prices fell 3.8% on the year and 0.1% on the month.
On foreign markets, prices dropped 5.2% on the year and 0.4% on the month.
PPI, breakdown by industry (pct change):
|
July y/y |
July m/m |
June y/y |
June m/m |
Manufacturing |
-4.0 |
-0.2 |
-4.3 |
1.0 |
Mining |
-9.4 |
-1.2 |
-4.2 |
-2.5 |
Utilities |
-4.8 |
-0.3 |
-5.4 |
-0.2 |
PPI total |
-4.3 |
-0.2 |
-4.5 |
0.6 |
source: NSI