In April 2019 the industrial producer price index decreased by 1.1% compared with the previous month. Domestic producer price index decreased by 1.5%, while producer price index on non-domestic market increased by 0.1%.
The percentage change of the average of the last three months with respect to the previous three months decreased by 0.7% (-0.9% for the domestic market and +0.2% for the non-domestic market).
The industrial producer price index increased by 2.1% compared with April 2018 (+2.8% on domestic market and +0.6% on foreign market).
The construction producer prices index decreased by 0.2% in April 2019 with respect to the previous month and decreased by 0.8% on the same month of the previous year.
The average of the last three months with respect to the previous three months of the construction producer prices index decreased by 1.2%.
In quarter 1 the total services producer price index decreased by 0.2% compared with the previous quarter and increased by 1.7% respect to quarter 1 of the previous year. Sea and coastal water transport provided the largest upward contribution to the annual rate (+13.8%) while telecommunications the largest downward one (-3.0%).
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