Producer price indices 2022, September
According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products rose by an average of 23.7 per cent from September 2021 to September 2022. The producer prices of manufactured products sold on the domestic market rose by 24.5 per cent, while the producer prices of export products went up by 22.8 per cent.
The time series of producer price indices were corrected on 23 December 2022. The correction concerns some product categories and total indices of the producer price index for manufactured products and export price index from 01/2022-10/2022, as well as the total index of the basic price index for domestic supply, including taxes from 01/2021-10/2022. The data of the import price index and the basic price index for domestic supply remain unchanged.
Read more about the correctionThe rise in the producer prices for manufactured products was particularly caused by higher prices of oil products, electricity, paper and paper products compared to last year's September.
The export price index rose by 22.5 per cent and the import price index by 28.0 per cent in a year. The basic price index for domestic supply went up by 22.4 per cent. The basic price index for domestic supply including taxes rose by 19.8 per cent.
The rise in the export price index was especially due to higher prices of oil products, paper and paper products and chemicals and chemical products compared to last year’s September. The rise in the import price index was, in turn, especially caused by higher prices of chemicals and chemical products, natural gas and electricity.
From August to September, producer prices for manufactured products decreased by 0.3 per cent. Producer prices decreased particularly due to lower prices of iron and steel as well as timber compared with the previous month. The drop in prices was curbed particularly by risen prices of paper and paper products.
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