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Published: 17 March 2009
Producer Price Indices in February 2009
Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 4.6 per cent, export prices by 7.0 per cent and import prices by 6.0 per cent from February 2008 to February 2009. The basic price index for domestic supply fell by 3.4 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index was -4.5 per cent.
The fall in the producer prices for manufactured products was particularly caused by reductions in the prices of oil products and non-ferrous metals from February 2008. The fall in the prices was curbed by risen price of electricity.
From January to February, producer prices for manufactured products fell by 0.1 per cent. The fall was especially caused by reductions in the prices of sawn timber and pulp.
Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in February 2009
| Indices (2005=100) |
Point figure 02/2009 |
Change % 01/2009 - 02/2009 |
Change % 02/2008 - 02/2009 |
| Producer price index for manufactured products, total | 104.6 | -0.1 | -4.6 |
| Export price index | 96.2 | -0.2 | -7.0 |
| Import price index | 103.5 | -0.6 | -6.0 |
| Basic price index for domestic supply | 110.0 | -0.5 | -3.4 |
| Wholesale price index | 108.4 | -0.6 | -4.5 |
Source: Producer Price Indices 2009, February. Statistics Finland
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