The industrial producer price index measures changes of output prices for goods manufactured in Italy and sold on the domestic and non-domestic markets. Since January 2018 indices are compiled in the base period December 2017 and disseminated in the reference period 2015.
In July 2018 the total producer price index increased by 0.3% with respect to the previous month; the index of producer price increased by 0.4% on domestic market and it did not change on non-domestic market. The percentage change of the average of the last three months compared to the previous three months increased by 0.9% (+0.9% on domestic market and +0.7% on non-domestic market).
The index increased by 3.2% compared with July 2017 (+3.6% on domestic market and +2.3% on non-domestic market).