Provisional estimates show that when comparing June 2008 to the corresponding month last year, the industrial producer price index of the sampled enterprises edged up by 0.5 per cent, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday.

Monthly changes

In June 2008, compared with the previous month, producer prices in total industry decreased marginally.

Prices in the domestic market were unchanged for the capital goods, consumer durables and energy sectors while increases were registered for the consumer non-durables and the intermediate goods sectors.

Non-eurozone export prices registered an increase in the consumer non-durables sector while a decrease was registered in the capital goods and the intermediate goods sectors. Eurozone export prices registered an increase in the capital goods sector while a decrease was registered in the intermediate goods sector.

Annual changes

When comparing June 2008 to the same month last year, producer prices registered an increase in the domestic market for all main industrial groupings (MIGs) except for “consumer durables”, particularly under “capital goods” and “intermediate goods”.

On the other hand the eurozone and non-eurozone export markets remained stable or registered decreases.