The producer price index (PPI) increased by 2.8% between August and September 2017. Prices of marine products increased by 1.7% (effect on the index 0.5%), prices of power intensive industry products increased by 6.2% (1.9%), prices for other industry increased by 2.4% (0.5%) but food prices decreased by 0.4% (-0.1%).
Compared with September 2016, the PPI has decreased by 1.4%. Thereof prices of marine products have decreased by 0.1% and other industry decreased by 18.3%. Prices of power intensive industry products has increased by 12.0% but prices of food decreased by 2.8% in the same period. When taken into consideration if the products are exported or sold domestically, exported products have increased in price by 2.7% in one year, but products sold domestically have decreased by 8.8%.
Changes, effects on the index and index level for subgroups are shown in the table below.
| Producer Price Index in September 2017 | ||||
| Monthly changes | ||||
| Index | Effect on | Annual | ||
| 4. quarter 2005 = 100 | % | index % | changes % | |
| Producer Price Index (PPI) | 192.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | -1.4 |
| By industries | ||||
| Marine products | 246.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| Power intensive industry products | 192.7 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 12.0 |
| Food production | 171.8 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -2.8 |
| Other manufacturing industry | 141.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | -18.3 |
| By markets | ||||
| Domestic sales | 162.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -8.8 |
| Exported products | 209.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
