Domestic output prices increased by 1.7% on average, within which the prices of manufacturing, representing a weight of 67%, rose by 2.6% and those of energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 28%, decreased by 0.7% compared to a year earlier.
Prices rose by 5.9% in capital goods producer and by 6.2% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Non-domestic output prices went up by 1.4% compared to October 2018. Prices increased by 2.4% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 96%, and – owing to annual price changes in the international electricity market – were cut by 21% in the energy industry, with a weight of 4.1%.
In the first 10 months of 2019, domestic output prices grew 4.1%, compared to the same period of 2018. Non-domestic output prices increased by 1.2%, meaning that industrial producer prices as a whole rose by 2.1%, KSH says.
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