On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices inched up by 0.4% in October, INS said, quoting provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 2.86% year-on-year in October, while on the external market prices edged down by an annual 0.62%.
Romania’s October industrial producer prices (provisional data, pct change):
Oct y/y | Sept y/y | Oct m/m | Sept m/m | |
Total | -2.22 | -0.43 | +0.37 | +2.02 |
-mining | -17.66 | -23.13 | +0.49 | +2.24 |
-manufacturing | -0.98 | +0.99 | -0.45 | +0.69 |
-utilities | -3.40 | -0.86 | +2.14 | +5.07 |
-water and waste management | +18.94 | +18.67 | +0.59 | +0.79 |
Source: INS