May 2 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial producer prices grew by 3.9% on the year in March due to a strong rise of prices in mining and manufacturing, the statistical office, INS, said on Tuesday.
Industrial producer prices increased at the same annual rate in February.
On a monthly comparison basis, industrial producer prices rose by 0.3% in March, after increasing by 0.2% in February, INS said citing provisional figures.
On the domestic market, industrial output prices increased by 3.1% in March, year-on-year, while prices on the external market rose by 5.5%.
Romania's March industrial producer prices, provisional data (pct change):
|
March y/y |
Feb y/y |
March m/m |
Feb m/m |
Total |
3.9 |
3.9 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
Mining |
2.0 |
4.1 |
-0.7 |
0.0 |
Manufacturing |
4.8 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
Utilities |
0.4 |
0.3 |
-0.6 |
-2.7 |
Water and waste management |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
source: INS