Provisional estimates show that when comparing June 2009 to the corresponding month the previous year, the industrial producer price index of the sampled enterprises increased by 1.9 per cent.
Monthly changes
In June 2009 compared with the previous month, producer prices in total industry decreased by 0.2 per cent.
Prices in the Domestic market remained unchanged, except for the Intermediate goods Sector which increased by 0.8 per cent.
Overall Prices in the eurozone market declined by 0.3 per cent, whilst those for non-eurozone declined by 0.2 per cent. In the eurozone market, the Capital Goods sector increased by 0.3 per cent but decreased by the same percentage in the non-eurozone market. The Consumer Durable sector remained stable in both export markets.
The Consumer Non-Durable market increased by 0.1 per cent in the eurozone market, but decreased by 1.4 per cent in the non eurozone market. The Intermediate Goods sector decreased by 0.3 per cent in the eurozone but increased by 0.5 per cent in the non-eurozone market.
Annual changes
When comparing June 2009 to the same month last year, producer prices for the Domestic market registered increases for all Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs), except for the Capital Goods and Intermediate Goods sectors.
In the eurozone export market, decreases were registered for the Intermediate Goods and for the Capital Goods sectors, whilst an increase was registered in the Consumer Non-Durables sector. The Consumer Durables sector remained stable.
In the non-eurozone export market, increases were registered for all Main Industrial Groupings, except for the Consumer Durables and Intermediate Goods sectors, which remained stable.