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