February 2 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial producer prices grew by 3.7% on the year in December on the back of a strong rise in prices in mining, the statistical office, INS, said on Friday.
In November, industrial producer prices increased by 4.4% year-on-year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices added 0.2% in December, INS said, citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial output prices increased by 3% year-on-year in December, while on the external market prices rose by 5.1%.
Romania's December industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
|
Decy/y |
Nov y/y |
Dec m/m |
Nov m/m |
Total |
3.7 |
4.4 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
Mining |
8.7 |
11.1 |
-1.4 |
2.5 |
Manufacturing |
4.6 |
4.8 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
Utilities |
-1.2 |
1.1 |
-2.0 |
0.9 |
Water and waste management |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
source: INS
(1 euro=4.6526 lei)