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PCBS | PCBS: The Palestinian Producer Price Index, March, 03/2019

Decrease in the Producer Price  Index (PPI) during March, 03/2019


The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for  Palestine with its base year (2018 = 100) reached 100.25 in March 2019, as it decreased by 0.87% compared to February 2019.

PPI for locally consumed products
Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (2018 = 100) reached 100.14 in March 2019, which indicates a decrease of 0.96% compared to February 2019.

PPI for local exported products
Producer Price Index for local exported products (2018 = 100) reached 101.16 in March 2019, which indicates a decrease of 0.13% compared to February 2019.

The changes of PPI for March 2019 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:

­­­­­­­Major Activities

% Change

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

 - 1.84%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

 - 1.13%

Manufacturing

- 0.54%

Mining and quarrying

   - 0.25%

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

   + 0.43%


















Notice:
•The base year of Producer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
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