NEWS RELEASE PRICES 31 MAY 2016

The producer price index (PPI) in April 2016 was 199.5 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), which is 0.5% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 259.9 points which is 0.4% lower than in March (effect on the index -0.1%) and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 174.9 points, 2.5% lower than in the previous month (-0.9%). The PPI for food products increased by 1.2% (0.2%) and the index for other manufactured products increased by 1.6% (0.3%).

The PPI for domestically sold products was 1.5% (0.4%) higher than in the previous month and the index for exported products decreased by 1.3% (-0.9%).

Compared with April 2015, the PPI has decreased by 10.4%. The PPI for fish products decreased by 6.3% and the PPI for power intensive industry has decreased by 23.8%. The price of food products has increased by 4.6%.

Monthly changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
April -0.8 0.7 -3.3 0.0 0.3 -1.2
May 0.0 -0.9 -0.5 0.7 1.2 -0.4
June -0.4 1.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.3
July -2.5 1.0 -6.6 1.4 -0.7 -3.2
August -2.1 -2.9 -4.3 1.2 0.8 -3.4
September -2.7 -2.6 -7.9 0.0 1.7 -4.5
October -1.2 -1.7 -0.4 -0.4 -1.0 -1.3
November 0.4 2.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.8 0.9
December -1.2 1.3 -4.5 0.6 -0.9 -1.3
2016            
January -0.1 -1.4 1.6 0.3 -0.6 0.2
February -1.2 -0.6 -2.6 -0.3 -0.6 -1.5
March 0.5 -1.2 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
April -0.5 -0.4 -2.5 1.2 1.5 -1.3
Annual changes (%)
  PPI Marine products Power intensive industry products Food production Domestic sales Exported products
             
2015            
April 14.4 11.2 28.2 -0.7 2.2 18.9
May 12.5 9.6 18.9 0.0 5.4 15.0
June 11.0 9.2 20.2 0.3 2.3 14.1
July 7.4 8.8 7.5 1.5 4.0 8.4
August 1.5 3.3 -4.4 2.7 4.3 0.1
September -2.9 2.4 -16.0 3.1 4.7 -6.1
October -5.2 -1.3 -16.9 2.0 2.9 -8.5
November -5.3 -0.7 -17.0 1.4 2.3 -8.4
December -9.4 -1.5 -25.5 1.7 0.5 -13.3
2016            
January -9.6 -3.8 -23.8 2.2 -0.1 -13.4
February -8.9 -2.6 -22.6 2.4 -0.9 -12.2
March -10.7 -5.3 -24.4 3.4 -0.5 -14.6
April -10.4 -6.3 -23.8 4.6 0.7 -14.7

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