April 3 (SeeNews) - Turkey's domestic industrial producer prices edged up 8.5% year-on-year in March, the country's statistical office said on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the domestic market industrial producer price index (PPI) rose by 0.87% in March, TurkStat said in a statement.
The domestic PPI index was up 10.90% in the mining and stone quarrying sector, 7.79% higher in manufacturing, up 18.08% in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, and 5.51% higher in the water supply sector in March compared to the same month a year earlier.
For the main industrial groups, the PPI in March rose by an annual 7.04% for intermediate goods, by 11.43% for durable consumer goods and by 13.25% for non-durable consumer goods. It was up by an annual 1.53% for energy and 9.99% higher for capital goods.
By industry subdivisions, the highest annual decreases in the domestic PPI were for crude petroleum and natural gas - 1.50% and for coke and refined petroleum products - 25.70%.
On the other hand, the sharpest annual rises in the PPI were for tobacco products - by 46.19%, for metal ores - by 20.08% and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning - by 18.08%.