Output price index

March 2012 : Output price index +0.9%

In March 2012, compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has increased by 0,9%. A split of this figure in energy and the rest shows a increase by 2,4% for energy and an increase by 0,5% for total industry except energy. A further breakdown of total industry except energy obtains +0,7% for intermediate goods, except energy, 0,0% for capital goods, +0,1% for durable consumer goods and +0,8% for non-durable consumer goods.

When the general producer price index is subdivided according to destination, a rise of 0,2% on the domestic market and a rise of 1,4% on the non-domestic markets can be observed.

Compared to March of the previous year, the producer price index of total industry excluding construction has increased by 3,8%. For the domestic market it rose by 2,8%, for the non-domestic markets there was a rise of 4,8%.