In September, Romania's industrial producer price index (PPI) fell by 0.9% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices edged up 0.25% in October, compared to a 0.1% drop in September, INS said, citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial producer prices decreased by 1.32% year-on-year in October, while on the external market prices fell by an annual 0.62%.
Romania's October industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
October y/y | September y/y | October m/m | September m/m | |
Industrial output | -1.06 | -0.90 | +0.25 | -0.1 |
- mining | -10.69 | -6.42 | -3.63 | -2.4 |
- manufacturing | -0.52 | -0.61 | +0.39 | -0.43 |
- energy | -2.11 | -1.64 | +0.32 | +2.26 |
- water distribution | +4.39 | +4.39 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
source: INS
Romania's industrial output decreased by an annual 2.3% in 2019.