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PCBS | PCBS: The Palestinian Producer Price Index, October, 10/2019

Increase in the Producer Price  Index (PPI) during October, 10/2019


The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 99.68 in October 2019, as it increased by 0.38% compared to September 2019.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 99.75 in October 2019, which indicates an increase of 0.49% compared to September 2019.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 98.92 in October 2019, which indicates a decrease of 0.58% compared to September 2019.

The changes of PPI for October 2019 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

+ 2.24%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

+ 0.30%

Manufacturing

+ 0.19%

Mining and quarrying

- 1.78%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

- 1.29%



The table shows monthly percent changes in Palestinian PPI for the months: January – October 2019:

Month

Local Products

Exported Products

All Products

January

 - 0.01

 - 0.17

 - 0.03

February

+ 1.09

+ 0.77

+ 1.06

March

 - 0.96

 - 0.13

 - 0.87

April

+ 0.43

 - 0.01

+ 0.39

May

 - 1.12

 - 1.34

- 1.14

June

 - 0.89

 - 1.46

- 0.95

July

 - 0.71

 + 0.44

- 0.59

August

 + 0.99

 + 0.08

+ 0.91

September

 + 0.43

 + 0.65

+ 0.45

October

 + 0.49

 - 0.58

+ 0.38

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