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Published: 24 November 2015

Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 3.2 per cent from October last year

According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products fell by an average of 3.2 per cent from October 2014 to October 2015. The producer prices for manufactured products sold on the domestic market and the producer prices of export products went down by 3.2 per cent.

Producer Price Index (PPI) 2010=100, 1/2010–10/2015

The fall in the producer prices for manufactured products was particularly caused by reductions in the prices of oil products and manufacturing of basic metals from October 2014. The fall in producer prices was slowed down especially by higher prices of paper and paper board products.

The export price index fell by 3.1 per cent and the import price index by 7.3 per cent in the year. The Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply went down by 4.1 per cent. The Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply including taxes fell by 3.4 per cent.

Export prices were in particular depressed by the falling prices of oil products and manufacturing of basic metals from October 2014. The fall in prices was slowed down especially by higher prices of paper and paper board products. The fall in import prices was in turn especially caused by lower prices of oil products and chemicals and chemical products compared with the previous year's October. The fall in prices was slowed down, in particular, by higher prices of electronic appliances.

From September to October, producer prices for manufactured products fell by 0.3 per cent. The drop was mainly due to lower prices of chemicals and chemical products from the previous month.

Producer Price Indices 2010=100, October 2015

	Index	Monthly change, %	Annual change, %
Producer Price Index, total	102.4	-0.3	-3.2
- Producer Price Index, domestic goods	104.7	-0.1	-3.2
- Producer Price Index, export goods	99.7	-0.5	-3.2
Export Price Index	99.8	-0.5	-3.1
Import Price Index	98.2	-0.4	-7.3
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply	103.7	-0.3	-4.1
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply, incl. taxes	106.9	-0.1	-3.4

Producer Price Indices 1949=100, October 2015

	Index	Monthly change, %	Annual change, %
Production Price Index	1888	-0.3	-3.2
Export Price Index	1629	-0.5	-3.1
Import Price Index	1465	-0.4	-7.3
Wholesale Price Index	2151	-0.1	-3.4

Source: Producer Price Index 2015, October. Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Producer Price Indices 2010=100, index numbers and year-on-year changes, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 2. Producer Price Indices 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 3. Producer Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 4. Producer Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 5. Export Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 6. Export Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 7. Import Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 8. Import Price Index 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 9. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 10. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 11. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, including taxes, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 12. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2010=100, including taxes, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 13. Production Price Index 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 14. Production Price Index 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 15. Export Price Index 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 16. Import Price Index 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 17. Wholesale Price Index 1949=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 18. Producer Price Index 2005=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 19. Export Price Index 2005=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 20. Import Price Index 2005=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 21. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2005=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 22. Wholesale Price Index 2005=100, October 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 23. Producer Price Indices for Services 2010=100, 3rd quarter 2015 (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 24. Producer Price Index, international comparison (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 25. Wood pellet, consumer price (24.11.2015)
• Appendix table 26. Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 2000=100 (NACE-TOL 2002), October 2015 (24.11.2015)

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• Quality Description of Producer Price Indices 2010=100 (24.11.2015)

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