Producer Price Indices in September 2007

Producer prices for manufactured goods rose by 1.7 per cent, export prices by 1.8 per cent and import prices by 1.7 per cent from September 2006 to September 2007. The basic price index for domestic supply went up by 3.2 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index amounted to 2.5 per cent.

The increase in the producer prices for manufactured goods was particularly attributable to risen prices of timber and oil products from September 2006. The rise in the prices was curbed by lower prices of electric energy.

Producer prices for manufactured goods remained unchanged from August to September. The prices of oil products, among others, rose, while the prices of electric energy and zinc fell.

Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in September 2007

Indices (2000=100)	Point figure 09/2007	Change % 08/2007 - 09/2007	Change % 09/2006 - 09/2007
Producer price index for manufactured products, total	102.5	0.0	1.7
Export price index	94.2	-0.3	1.8
Import price index	113.6	0.6	1.7
Basic price index for domestic supply	114.6	0.5	3.2
Wholesale price index	111.8	0.5	2.5

Source: Producer Price Indices 2007, September Statistics Finland

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Last updated 17.10.2007

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3695. September 2007. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 23.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2007/09/thi_2007_09_2007-10-17_tie_001_en.html