Producer price indices in April 2006

Producer prices for manufactured products rose by 4.5 per cent, export prices by 4.0 per cent and import prices by 9.3 per cent in the year to April. The basic price index for domestic supply rose by 6.0 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index was 6.2 per cent.

The rise of import prices was particularly attributable to higher prices of crude oil, oil products, copper, aluminium and zinc from last year's April. The rise was curbed by lower prices of electrical products.

From March to April import prices rose by 2.1 per cent. The rise was mainly due to higher prices of crude oil and basic metals.

Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in April 2006

Indices (2000=100)	Point figure 04/2006	Change % 03/2006 - 04/2006	Change % 04/2005 - 04/2006
Producer price index for manufactured products, total	98.6	0.9	4.5
Export price index	91.5	1.1	4.0
Import price index	111.5	2.1	9.3
Basic price index for domestic supply	108.8	1.2	6.0
Wholesale price index	106.8	1.3	6.2

Source: Producer Price Indices 2006, April. Statistics Finland

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Last updated 17.5.2006

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3695. April 2006. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2006/04/thi_2006_04_2006-05-17_tie_001_en.html