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PCBS | PCBS: The Palestinian Producer Price Index, October, 10/2018

Decrease in the Producer Price[1] Index (PPI) during October,10/2018


The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base month (December 2015 = 100) reached 103.77 in October 2018, as it decreased by 1.20% compared to  September 2018.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015 = 100) reached 104.12 in October 2018, which indicates a decrease of 1.37% compared to  September 2018.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015 = 100) reached 100.52 in October 2018, which indicates an  increase of 0.22% compared to September 2018.


The changes of PPI for October 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

  - 7.17%

Manufacturing

- 0.86%

Mining and quarrying

     0.00%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

 + 2.53%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

 + 1.40%



















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

October

- 1.37

+ 0.22

- 1.20























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