Producer price indices - August 2018
Prices decreased in agriculture, increased in industry, y-o-y
Publication Date: 17. 09. 2018
Product Code: 011047-18
In August 2018 compared with the previous month, agricultural producer prices (+1.3%), industrial producer prices (+0.1%), construction work prices (+0.3%) and prices of market services for businesses (+0.2%) all went up. In comparison to August 2017, agricultural producer prices went down by 2.1%. Industrial producer prices and construction work prices were both higher by 3.3% and 3.5%, respectively. Prices of market services for businesses rose by 1.5%.
Month-on-month comparison:
Agricultural producer prices increased by 1.3%. Prices of poultry (+5.0%), oil plants (+2.7%), eggs (+2.1%), cereals (+2.0%), pigs for slaughter (+0.9%) and milk (+0.5%) went up. On the decrease were prices of cattle for slaughter (-1.1%) and potatoes (-26.9%).
According to an estimate, construction work prices increased by 0.3% and construction material input prices fell by 0.1%.
Prices of industrial producers rose by 3.3% (+3.4% in July) y-o-y. Prices rose primarily in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. On the increase were prices in ‘basic metals, fabricated metal products’ (+4.1%), ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (+2.6%), ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (+8.1%) and ‘mining and quarrying’ (+10.1%). Prices decreased in ‘food products, beverages, tobacco’ (-1.0%), thereof ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (-5.2%) and ‘other food products’ (-5.7%), on the other hand, prices rose in ‘grain mill products, starches and starch products’ (+4.4%). Lower were prices in ‘transport equipment’ (-0.7%), thereof ‘parts and accessories for motor vehicles’ (-1.8%), vice versa, higher were prices in ‘motor vehicles’ (+2.3%).
Among the main industrial groupings, prices of ‘energy’ (+9.6%) increased the most.
According to an estimate, construction work prices rose by 3.5% (+3.4% in July) and construction material input prices grew by 4.4% (+4.5% in July).
Industrial producer prices were higher in July by 4.7% (+4.5% in June) in EU28, year-on-year.
The highest increase in industrial producer prices was recorded in Belgium (+9.8%). Prices went up in Slovakia (+6.9%), Austria (+4.2%), Poland (+3.9%), the Czech Republic (+3.4%) and Germany (+3.1%). The only decrease was observed in Ireland (-2.8%).
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Responsible manager of the CZSO: Jiri Mrazek, Department Director, phone (+420) 274 052 533,
Contact: Jiri Sulc, phone (+420) 274 052 148, e-mail: jiri.sulc@csu.gov.cz
Miloslav Beranek, phone (+420) 274 052 665,
Data source: CZSO surveys
End of data collection / End of data processing:
Agricultural producer price indices: 26th calendar day of reference month / 8th calendar day of the following month
Industrial producer price indices: 20th calendar day of reference month / 9th calendar day of the following month
Market services price indices (business to business): 20th calendar day of reference month / 9th calendar day of the following month
Except for the construction work price indices, the published data are finalised. Estimates of the construction work price indices are carrying out on the 9th calendar day of the following day. Construction work price indices are updated using the finished quarterly survey and the finalised data are released on the 46th calendar day of the following quarter.
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011044 - 18 Industrial Producer Price Indices
011045 - 18 Agricultural Producer Price Indices
011046 - 18 Market Services Price Indices in the Business Sphere
Internet: https://csu.gov.cz/producer-prices-publications
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