May 3 (SeeNews) - In BUCHAREST story "Romania's March industrial producer prices edge down" dated May 3 please read in the headline "Romania's PPI growth slows down in March" instead of "Romania's March industrial producer prices edge down." (corrects headline)
Romania's industrial producer prices grew by 3.82% on the year in March on the back of a strong rise of prices in mining, the statistical office, INS, said on Thursday.
In February, Romania's industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 3.88% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices added 0.15% in March, INS said, citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices increased by 3.52% year-on-year in March, while on the external market prices rose by 4.29%.
Romania's March industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
|
March y/y |
Feb y/y |
March m/m |
Feb m/m |
Total |
3.82 |
3.88 |
0.15 |
0.19 |
- mining |
8.23 |
7.71 |
0.50 |
0.02 |
- manufacturing |
4.12 |
4.28 |
0.24 |
0.04 |
- utilities |
1.18 |
0.85 |
-0.41 |
1.30 |
- water and waste management |
0.03 |
0.62 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
source: INS