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Published: 24 April 2012

Producer prices for manufactured products rose by 1.4 per cent in March

According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products rose by an average of 1.4 per cent from March 2011 to March 2012. Producer prices for manufactured products sold on the domestic market rose by 2.3 per cent, while the producer prices of export industries went up by 0.4 per cent.

Producer Price Index (PPI) 2010=100, 2010:01–2012:03

The Export Price Index rose by 0.4 per cent and the Import Price Index by 3.6 per cent in the year. The Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply went up by 3.6 per cent and the year-on-year change in the Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply Including Taxes was 3.8 per cent.

The rise in the producer prices for manufactured products was particularly caused by risen prices of oil products, food and metals from March of the previous year. The rising of the prices was curbed above all by falls in the prices of electricity.

From February to March, producer prices for manufactured products went up by 0.4 per cent. This was mainly due to risen prices of oil products.

Producer Price Indices 2010=100

	Index 2012:03	2012:02 - 2012:03, %	2011:03 - 2012:03, %
Producer Price Index, total	107.6	0.4	1.4
- Producer Price Index, domestic goods	109.0	0.2	2.3
- Producer Price Index, export goods	105.9	0.6	0.4
Export Price Index	106.1	0.6	0.4
Import Price Index	112.6	0.5	3.6
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply	110.1	0.4	3.6
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply, incl. taxes	111.4	0.4	3.8

Producer Price Indices 1949=100

	Index 2012:03	2012:02 - 2012:03, %	2011:03 - 2012:03, %
Production Price Index	1984	0.4	1.8
Export Price Index (fob)	1733	0.6	0.3
Import Price Index (cif)	1681	0.5	3.8
Wholesale Price Index	2241	0.4	3.3

Source: Producer Price Index 2012, March. Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Producer Price Indices 2010=100, index numbers and year-on-year changes (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 2. Producer Price Indices 1949=100 (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 3. Producer Price Index 2010=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 4. Producer Price Index 2010=100 (MIG) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 5. Export Price Index 2010=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 6. Export Price Index 2010=100 (MIG) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 7. Import Price Index 2010=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 8. Import Price Index 2010=100 (MIG) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 9. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 10. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100 (MIG) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 11. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, including taxes (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 12. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, including taxes (MIG) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 13. Production Price Index 1949=100 (SITC) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 14. Production Price Index 1949=100 (ISIC) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 15. Export Price Index (FOB) 1949=100 (SITC) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 16. Import Price Index (CIF) 1949=100 (SITC) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 17. Wholesale Price Index 1949=100 (SITC) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 18. Producer Price Index 2005=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 19. Export Price Index 2005=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 20. Import Price Index 2005=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 21. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2005=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 22. Wholesale Price Index 2005=100 (NACE-TOL 2008) (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 23. Producer Price Indices for services 2005=100 (TOL 2008), 1st quarter 2012 (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 24. Producer Price Index, international comparison (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 25. Wood pellet, consumer price (24.4.2012)
• Appendix table 26. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2000=100 (NACE-TOL 2002) (24.4.2012)

Quality descriptions

• Quality Description of Producer Price Indices 2010=100 (24.4.2012)

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Updated 24.4.2012