INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PRICES UP 0.5% IN NOVEMBER 2017

• In November 2017, industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) were up 0.5% from October 2017.

• Industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) increased by 4.4% in November 2017 compared to November 2016.

Industrial output prices increased by 0.5 pct in November 2017, as compared to October, and were by 4.4 pct higher than in November 2016, according to data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

A breakdown by big industrial groups shows the highest increases in November 2017, as compared to the previous month, in the case of the mining and quarrying industry (2.5 pct) and in the production and supply of electric and thermal energy, gas, hot water and air conditioning industries (0.9 pct).

Moreover, as compared to November 2016, the highest price growths were recorded in the mining industry (11.1 pct) but also in the manufacturing industry (4.8 pct), where the prices of coke products and refined petroleum products grew by 20 pct.  

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