March 4 (SeeNews) - Romania’s industrial producer prices fell by 6% year-on-year in January, mainly due to a drop in mining and utilities, the statistical office, INS, said on Monday.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices inched down by 0.1% in January, INS said, quoting provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 8% year-on-year in January, while on the external market prices edged down by an annual 0.1%.
Energy prices fell 15.85% on the year in January, while the prices of intermediate goods decreased by 6.3%. Capital goods saw a 6.48% annual increase, while the prices of durable and non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.36% and 4.43%, respectively.
Romania’s January industrial producer prices (provisional data, pct change):
|
Jan y/y |
Dec y/y |
Jan m/m |
Dec m/m |
Total |
-5.95 |
-3.39 |
-0.09 |
-0.61 |
-mining |
-9.02 |
-15.72 |
-0.83 |
-0.97 |
-manufacturing |
+0.13 |
-0.22 |
+1.02 |
-0.56 |
-utilities |
-18.27 |
-8.53 |
-2.75 |
-0.75 |
-water and waste management |
+12.34 |
+17.5 |
+3.30 |
+0.75 |
Source: INS