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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Palestinian Producer Price Index, August 08/2015
Increase in the PPI during August, 08/ 2015
The overall Producer Price1 Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base year (2011=100) reached 106.19 in August 2015, with an increase by 2.07% compared with July 2015.
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2011=100) reached 106.49 in August 2015, which indicates an increase by 2.24% compared with July 2015.
Producer Price Index for exported products (2011=100) reached 103.14 in August 2015, which indicates an increase by 0.38% compared with July 2015.
The changes of Producer Price Index for August 2015 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared with the previous month:
|
Major Groups |
Change |
|
Agriculture goods: |
+ 6.09% |
|
Manufacturing group: |
- 0.24% |
|
Mining and quarrying: |
- 0.34% |
|
Fishing: |
- 9.15% |
The trend line for the Producer Price Index in Palestine, for the period: August 2014 - August 2015
(Base Year 2011=100)
1 The producer’s price is the amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced as output minus any VAT, or similar deductible tax, invoiced to the purchaser. The producer’s prices exclude any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer.