Import price indices, Slovenia, November 2017

In November 2017 import prices 0.9% higher at the monthly level and 3.0% higher at the annual level

In November 2017 import prices were 0.9% higher than in the previous month and 3.0% higher than a year ago.

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Import prices 0.9% higher than in the previous month

Compared to October 2017, in November 2017 import prices were 0.9% higher. At the monthly level, the prices of products supplied from the euro area and the prices of products imported from the non-euro area were higher by 0.9%.

As regards groups of activities showing the dynamics of prices by end-use, in November 2017 energy prices increased by 6.0% and intermediate goods prices by 0.8%, while capital goods prices and consumer goods prices haven’t changed.

In November 2017 import prices increased the most in the group electricity (by 13.3%), followed by the group coke and refined petroleum products (by 5.1%). The largest decrease was observed in the group computer, electronic and optical products (by 1.0%).

Import prices 3.0% higher than a year ago

From November 2016 to November 2017 import prices increased by 3.0%. This was the largest annual rise in the import prices since May 2017, when prices went up by 4.0%. In the same period the prices of products supplied from the euro area went up by 5.0% and the prices of products imported from the non-euro area by 0.6%.

The prices of imports increased the most in the group basic metals (by 17.4%) and decreased the most in the group computer, electronic and optical products (by 3.3%).

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Detailed data on the import price indices are published in the SI-STAT Database.

Annual growth rates of import prices, Slovenia

Source: SURS

Import price indices, Slovenia

	XI 2017 X 2017	XI 2017 XII 2016	XI 2017 XI 2016	I–XI 2017 I–XI 2016	XI 2017 Ø 2010
Total	100.9	101.6	103.0	103.5	108.03
Euro area	100.9	103.2	105.0	105.2	109.21
Non-euro area	100.9	99.8	100.6	101.5	106.94
Main industrial groups
Intermediate goods	100.8	103.8	105.3	106.0	108.13
Energy	106.0	104.2	108.5	109.0	122.38
Capital goods	100.0	99.3	100.0	99.8	98.66
Consumer goods	100.0	100.0	100.4	101.2	112.20
Products by Classification of Products by Activity (CPA 2008)
B Mining and quarrying	103.5	104.9	104.4	111.5	94.27
C Manufacturing	100.7	101.5	102.8	103.2	108.22
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	113.3	104.4	113.2	116.7	120.34