Foreign Producer Price Index, October 2015

Overseas producer price index falls 2.07% month-on-month

The foreign producer price index (HDI-PPI), which measures the change in producer prices of goods exported and manufactured abroad, decreased by 2.07% in October 2015 compared to the previous month and increased by 14.93% compared to December of the previous year. increased by 13.17% compared to the same month of the previous year and increased by 6.54% compared to the twelve-month averages.

Changes of the two sectors of the industry compared to the previous month; mining and quarrying sector decreased by 1.31% and manufacturing industry decreased by 2.09%.

The highest monthly decrease was in computers and electronic products

The sub-sectors where the indices showed the highest decrease compared to the previous month were; computers and electronics and optical products (-6.22%), chemicals and chemical products (-3.75%), coke and refined petroleum products (-3.57%). On the other hand, other manufactured goods (0.99%) and leather and related products (0.95%) were the sub-sectors where the indices showed the highest increase compared to the previous month.

Foreign producer price index and change rates (2010 = 100), October 2015


The highest monthly decrease in main industrial groups was in energy goods

According to the classification of main industrial groups, the highest monthly and annual decline in October 2015 was in energy goods.

International producer price index (2010 = 100), 2014-2015
(Rates of change compared to the same month of the previous year)


The next release on this subject will be on December 21, 2015.