- General PPI of April 2018, increased by 2.6% when compared with previous month ( M-O-M).
- General PPI of April 2018, increased by 24.3% when compared with February 2017 ( Y-O-Y).
- PPI of Crude Petroleum and Natural gas production increased by 3.9%, comparing with previous month.
Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) has released the Monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Industrial sector for April 2018 with the base year 2013. Producer price index covers goods relating to “Mining” (weight: 72.7%),
“Manufacturing” (weight: 26.8%), and “Electricity & Water” (weight: 0.5%).
Overall Index (PPI of Industrial sector)
The PPI for April, 2018 is estimated at 67.6 points showing an increase by 2.6%, when compared to the previous month’s March 2018. On [Y-o-Y] basis, PPI of April, 2018 showed a rise of 24.3% when compared to the PPI of April 2017.
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