Domestic output prices increased by 2.4% on average, within which prices in manufacturing (representing a weight of 67%) rose by 2.5%, while prices in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply, with a weight of 28%) rose by 1.7% compared to a year earlier.
Industrial export prices edged up 0.2% in August, within which a price increase of 1.1% was recorded in manufacturing (representing a weight of 96%), and – owing to annual price changes in the international electricity market – a fall of 19% in energy industry prices (with a weight of 4.1% of exports).
In a month-on-month comparison, industrial producer prices were up 0.6% from July, as domestic prices rose 0.3% and export prices climbed 0.7%.
Year-on-year, factory gate prices in the manufacturing sector rose 1.5% in August. Prices of the transport equipment segment were up 1.3%, while prices in the computer, electronic and optical products segment were up 1.5%. Prices in the food, beverages and tobacco segment were up 5.0%, while prices in the gas, electricity and steam supply segment fell 3.3%.
In January-August 2019, industrial producer prices rose 2.2% year-on-year compared to the equivalent eight-month period of 2018, as domestic prices climbed 4.6% and export prices were up 1.1%.
Industrial producer prices for September will be published on October 31.
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