Producer prices of manufacturing increased the most, 20.8% annually in August vs 24.8% in July, while producer cost of mining advanced 11% vs. 11.7% in the prior month.

Output prices for utilities added 2.1% year-on-year after zero in July.

On a monthly comparison basis, the domestic market industrial producer price index (PPI) decreased by 1.7% in August after adding 1.1% in July, as output prices of utilities went up 2.1% on month.