The High Commissioner for Planning (HCP) has reported a slight fall of around 0.1% in the producer price index for the “Manufacturing industries excluding oil refining” sector in February 2025 compared with January 2025.
In an information note on the industrial, energy and mining output price index for February 2025, the HCP explains that this fall is the result of a 1% drop in prices for “Food industries”, a 1.6% drop for ‘Metallurgy’ and a 0.7% drop for “Woodworking and manufacture of wood and cork products”.
It also reflects price rises of 1.9% in “Electrical equipment manufacturing”, 1.6% in “Paper and cardboard manufacturing”, 0.9% in “Beverage manufacturing”, 0.3% in “Metal products manufacturing”, 0.2% in “Furniture manufacturing” and 0.1% in “Rubber and plastic products manufacturing”, as well as in “Computer products manufacturing”.
Meanwhile, the producer price indices for “Mining and quarrying”, “Electricity production and distribution” and “Water production and distribution” stagnated in February 2025, according to the same note.
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