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Published: 25 April 2016

Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 4.2 per cent from March last year

According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products fell by an average of 4.2 per cent from March 2015 to March 2016. The producer prices for manufactured products sold on the domestic market went down by 3.9 per cent, while the producer prices of export products fell by 4.6 per cent.

Producer Price Index (PPI) 2010=100, 1/2010–3/2016

Producer Price Index (PPI) 2010=100, 1/2010–3/2016
The fall in the producer prices for manufactured products was particularly caused by reductions in the prices of oil products, manufacturing of basic metals and chemicals and chemical products from March 2015. The fall in producer prices was slowed down especially by higher prices of paper and paper board products and manufacturing of machinery and equipment.

The export price index fell by 4.7 per cent and the import price index by 7.5 per cent in the year. The Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply went down by 3.8 per cent. The Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply including taxes fell by 3.3 per cent.

Export prices were in particular depressed by the falling prices of oil products and manufacturing of basic metals from March 2015. 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 manufacturing of basic metals compared with the previous year's March. The fall in prices was slowed down, in particular, by higher prices of paper and paper board products.

From February to March, producer prices for manufactured products rose by 0.5 per cent. The rise was mainly due to increased prices of oil products from the previous month.

Producer Price Indices 2010=100, March 2016

  Index Monthly change, % Annual change, %
Producer Price Index, total 100.2 0.5 -4.2
- Producer Price Index, domestic goods 102.6 0.4 -3.9
- Producer Price Index, export goods 97.1 0.6 -4.6
Export Price Index 97.2 0.5 -4.7
Import Price Index 94.3 1.2 -7.5
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply 101.9 0.7 -3.8
Basic Price Index for Domestic Supply, incl. taxes 105.5 0.6 -3.3

Producer Price Indices 1949=100, March 2016

  Index Monthly change, % Annual change, %
Production Price Index 1846 0.5 -4.2
Export Price Index 1587 0.5 -4.7
Import Price Index 1407 1.2 -7.5
Wholesale Price Index 2121 0.6 -3.3

Source: Producer Price Index 2016, March. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Anni Huuskonen 029 551 2992, Mervi Nyfors 029 551 3480, Anna-Riikka Pitkänen 029 551 3466, thi.tilastokeskus@stat.fi

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3695. March 2016. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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