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Latest publication: Producer price indices 2011, December
Published: 19 October 2009
Producer Price Indices in September 2009
Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 9.4 per cent, export prices by 10.0 per cent and import prices by 11.7 per cent from September 2008 to September 2009. The basic price index for domestic supply fell by 9.3 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index was -10.2 per cent.
Among the reasons for the fallen producer prices for manufactured products were reductions in the prices of metals and oil products from last year's September. The fall in the prices was curbed by risen cost of district heat.
From August to September, producer prices for manufactured products fell by 0.2 per cent. The fall in the prices was especially due to reductions in the prices of oil products.
Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in September 2009
| Indices (2005=100) |
Point figure 09/2009 |
Change % 08/2009 - 09/2009 |
Change % 09/2008 - 09/2009 |
| Producer price index for manufactured products, total | 102.4 | -0.2 | -9.4 |
| Export price index | 93.5 | 0.0 | -10.0 |
| Import price index | 101.8 | -1.3 | -11.7 |
| Basic price index for domestic supply | 107.8 | -0.8 | -9.3 |
| Wholesale price index | 106.2 | -0.9 | -10.2 |
Source: Producer Price Indices 2009, September. Statistics Finland
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