February 2 (SeeNews) - Romania’s industrial producer prices increased by 32.8% year-on-year in December 2022 due to strong growth in utilities, mining, manufacturing and water and waste management prices, the statistical office, INS, said on Thursday.
In November, Romania’s industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 35.1% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices rose 0.2% in December, compared to a 0.6% rise in November, INS said citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices increased by 41.92% year-on-year in December, while on the external market, prices rose by an annual 13.75%.
Romania’s December industrial producer prices (provisional data, pct. change):
|
December y/y |
November y/y |
December m/m |
November m/m |
Total |
32.76 |
35.13 |
0.24 |
0.55 |
-mining |
26.13 |
23.90 |
-4.74 |
2.87 |
-manufacturing |
16.25 |
18.26 |
-1.35 |
-0.39 |
-utilities |
84.03 |
93.05 |
4.01 |
2.23 |
-water and waste management |
20.95 |
20.63 |
1.33 |
0 |
Source: INS