February 4 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial producer prices grew by 3.92% on the year in December on the back of a strong rise of utilities prices, the statistical office, INS, said on Tuesday.
In November, Romania's industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 3.4% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices rose by 0.31% in December, INS said, citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices increased by 4.38% year-on-year in December, while on the external market prices rose by an annual 3.13%.
Romania's December industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
|
Dec y/y |
Nov y/y |
Dec m/m |
Nov m/m |
Total |
3.92 |
3.40 |
0.31 |
0.31 |
-mining |
-3.22 |
-4.66 |
0.18 |
-0.44 |
-manufacturing |
3.82 |
2.68 |
0.15 |
0.41 |
-utilities |
6.28 |
9.75 |
1.15 |
-0.03 |
- water and waste management |
3.62 |
3.24 |
0.24 |
0.0 |
Source: INS