October 2 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial producer prices grew by 3.25% on the year in August on the back of a strong rise of utilities prices, the statistical office, INS, said on Wednesday.
In July, Romania's industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 4.20% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices edged down 0.31% in August, INS said, citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices increased by 4.73% year-on-year in August, while on the external market prices rose by an annual 0.82%.
Romania's August industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
|
Aug y/y |
July y/y |
Aug m/m |
July m/m |
Total |
3.25 |
4.20 |
-0.31 |
0.73 |
-mining |
0.22 |
2.13 |
1.57 |
-8.35 |
-manufacturing |
1.53 |
1.87 |
-0.24 |
0.41 |
-utilities |
14.59 |
19.76 |
-1.11 |
4.93 |
- water and waste management |
4.55 |
4.52 |
0.26 |
1.90 |
Source: INS