(PCBS) Palestinian Producer Price Index, January, 01/2018

Increase in the Producer Price[2] Index (PPI) during January 2018

The overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine with its base month (December 2015=100) reached 100.75 in January 2018, as it increased by 1.73% compared to December 2017.

Producer Price Index for locally consumed products (December 2015=100) reached 100.89 in January 2018, which indicates an increase by 1.92% compared to December 2017.

Producer Price Index for local exported products (December 2015=100) reached 99.32 in January 2018, which indicates a slight increase by 0.09% compared to December 2017.

The changes of Producer Price Index for January 2018 were traced back to changes in prices of the following major activities compared to the previous month:

Major Activities

% Change

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

+ 6.01%

Agriculture, forestry and fishing goods

+ 4.32%

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

+ 0.95%

Manufacturing

- 0.26%

Mining and quarrying

   0.00%

The trend line of the PPI in Palestine, for the period: January 2017 – January 2018

(Base Month December 2015=100)