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PCBS | PCBS: The Palestinian Producer Price Index, September, 2018/09

Increase in the Producer Price  Index (PPI) during September,09/2018

The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base month (December 2015 = 100) reached 105.03 in September 2018, as it increased by 0.10% compared to August 2018.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015 = 100) reached 100.30 in September 2018, which indicates an  increase of 0.30% compared to August 2018.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015 = 100) reached 105.57 in September 2018, which indicates a slight increase of 0.08% compared to August 2018.

The changes of PPI for September 2018 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:

­­­­­­­Major Activities

% Change

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

  + 1.10%

Manufacturing

+ 0.05%

Mining and quarrying

     0.00%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

 - 0.36%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

 - 0.02%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

The table shows Monthly percent changes in Palestinian PPI for the period

January – September 2018:

 

Month

Local Products

Exported Products

Total Products

January

+ 1.92

+ 0.09

+ 1.73

February

+ 2.63

- 0.07

+ 2.34

March

- 1.59

- 0.12

- 1.44

April

+ 2.03

+ 0.80

+ 1.91

May

+ 0.40

+ 0.10

+ 0.37

June

+ 0.80

- 0.26

+ 0.69

July

+ 1.52

+ 0.26

+ 1.39

August

- 1.24

- 0.02

- 1.12

September

+ 0.08

+ 0.30

+ 0.10

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