Services producer price indices, 1st quarter 2023

Services producer prices up both at the quarterly and annual level

Compared to the 4th quarter of 2022, they were higher by 3.1%. The prices of services increased the most in real estate activities. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2022, prices were higher by 9.0%. Growth was the highest in accommodation and food service activities.

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Prices of services grew more in the first quarter this year

In the 1st quarter of 2023, services producer prices increased by 3.1% (in the 4th quarter of 2022 by 0.5%).

They increased the most in real estate activities (by 7.6%), followed by administrative and support service activities (by 4.9%). The prices of services in professional, scientific and technical activities went up by 4.4%, in transportation and storage by 2.2%, in accommodation and food service activities by 1.9%, and in information and communication by 1.3%.

At the annual level, prices lower only in water transport

Compared to the 1st quarter of the previous year, services producer prices went up by 9.0%.

As regards individual sections of activities, prices increased the most in accommodation and food service activities (by 13.5%), followed by real estate activities (by 11.8%). They increased slightly less in transportation and storage (by 10.2%). Within this section, prices of services decreased in water transport, i.e. by 47.4%. In administrative and support service activities prices went up by 10.0%, in professional, scientific and technical activities by 6.8%, and in information and communication by 6.1%.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Annual growth rates of services producer prices, Slovenia
Annual growth rates of services producer prices, Slovenia
Growth rates of services producer prices, Slovenia
Q1 2023
Q4 2022
Q1 2023
Q1 2022
Total3.19.0
H Transportation and storage2.210.2
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines1.813.9
50 Water transport-20.8-47.4
51 Air transport0.26.0
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation4.68.6
53 Postal and courier activities4.212.5
I Accommodation and food service activities1.913.5
55 Accommodation2.19.8
56 Food and beverage service activities1.715.5
J Information and communication1.36.1
58 Publishing activities1.87.9
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities-7.86.4
60 Programming and broadcasting activities8.99.9
61 Telecommunications1.66.4
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities1.95.8
63 Information service activities1.84.2
L Real estate activities7.611.8
68 Real estate activities7.611.8
M Professional, scientific and technical activities1)4.46.8
69 Legal and accounting activities2.03.5
70.2 Management consultancy activities5.38.0
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis6.69.6
73 Advertising and market research0.21.4
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities3.06.0
N Administrative and support service activities4.910.0
77 Rental and leasing activities6.08.3
78 Employment activities3.12.1
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities2.710.6
80 Security and investigation activities6.011.3
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities8.516.4
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities2.713.0
1) Service activities are covered according to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
In the first quarter of 2023, we made some methodological changes. Similar to previous years, we changed the weights; they are based on the statistical survey Structural Business Statistics data on turnover in 2021 and are converted into prices from the last quarter of 2022. At the same time, we revised the list of services whose prices we monitor and the list of enterprises that report prices. The survey includes 1,122 enterprises that report prices for 4,977 services per quarter.

Additional explanations are available in the Methodological explanations.

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