August 4 (SeeNews) - Turkey's domestic industrial producer prices rose by 8.33% year-on-year in July, the country's statistical office said on Tuesday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the domestic market industrial producer price index (PPI) edged up 1.02% in July, TurkStat said in a statement.
The domestic market PPI increased by 8.94% in the mining and stone quarrying sector in July compared to the same month a year earlier, by 7.95% in manufacturing, by 12.69% in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, and by 12.06% in the water supply sector .
For the main industrial groups, the PPI in July rose by an annual 8.47% for intermediate goods, by 14.54% for durable consumer goods, by 8.38% for non-durable consumer goods, by 0.65% for energy and by 13.50% for capital goods.
By industry subdivisions, the highest annual decrease in the domestic market PPI was for crude petroleum and natural gas - 28.90%, and coke and refined petroleum products - 19.89%.
On the other hand, the sharpest annual rises in the PPI were registered in the sector of metal ores - by 29.10%, other manufactured goods - by 23.54% and tobacco products - by 23.11%.