Price indices of sold production of industry in January 2019
A A AAccording to preliminary data in January 2019 the prices of sold production of industry were higher by 0.2% in comparison to December 2018. In comparison to the corresponding period of the last year the prices increased by 2.2%
According to preliminary data, the prices of sold production of industry in January 2019 were by 0.2% higher than in the previous month. The growth of prices was recorded in sections: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 1.4%, mining and quarrying by 0.5% as well as in water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activi-ties by 0.3%. The prices in section manufacturing remained unchanged. Within divi-sions of this section the largest increase occurred in manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products as well as in manufacture of tobacco products (by 0.9% each). The prices were also higher among other things in manufacture of textiles, of pharmaceutical products (by 0.8% each), of printing and reproduction of recorded media (by 0.5%),manufacture of basic metals (by 0.4%), of other non-metallic mineral products (by 0.3%), of furniture (by 0.2%), of paper and paper products, of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (by 0.1% each). The prices of rubber and plastic products reached the level similar to the one recorded in the previous month. The drop of prices was recorded among other things in manufacture: of wearing apparel, of electrical equipment (by 0.1% each), of food products, of products of wood, cork, straw and wicker, of metal products, of other transport equipment (by 0.2% each), of leather and related products (by 0.3%), of beverages, of chemicals and chemical products (by 0.4% each), of computer, electronic and optical products (by 0.7%).