April 2 (SeeNews) - Romania’s industrial producer prices fell by 6.3% year-on-year in February, mainly due to a drop in mining and utilities, the statistical office, INS, said on Tuesday.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices inched down by 0.8% in February, INS said, quoting provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 9% year-on-year in February, while on the external market prices edged up by an annual 1.5%.
Energy prices fell 18.4% on the year in February, while the prices of intermediate goods decreased by 4.5%. Capital goods saw a 6.88% annual increase, while the prices of durable and non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.46% and 5.44%, respectively.
Romania’s February industrial producer prices (provisional data, pct change):
|
Feb y/y |
Jan y/y |
Feb m/m |
Jan m/m |
Total |
-6.30 |
-5.95 |
-0.77 |
-0.09 |
-mining |
-8.20 |
-9.02 |
-1.09 |
-0.83 |
-manufacturing |
+1.40 |
+0.13 |
+0.31 |
+1.02 |
-utilities |
-21.80 |
-18.27 |
-3.52 |
-2.75 |
-water and waste management |
+17.66 |
+12.34 |
+3.24 |
+3.30 |
Source: INS