Producer price indices, August 2024

Producer prices up

After three months without price increases, in August, producer prices increased by 0.4% at the monthly level. On the other hand, they were down at the annual level by 1.0%.

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Prices up in the monthly comparison …

Compared to July, producer prices increased by 0.4%. The prices of products for sale on the domestic market went up by 0.2% and on non-domestic markets by 0.5%. Of the latter, the prices of products for sale on the markets of euro area countries increased by 0.4% and those of non-euro area countries by 0.8%.

The prices increased in all main industrial groups; energy prices by 1.2% and intermediate goods, capital goods and consumer goods prices by 0.3% each.

In the monthly comparison, prices increased the most in manufacture of coke and petroleum products (by 8.7%), followed by manufacture of other transport equipment (by 4.3%), manufacture of leather and leather products (by 2.1%) and other manufacturing (by 1.2%). On the other hand, they decreased the most in manufacture of wearing apparel (by 1.1%), followed by electricity (by 0.8%) and manufacture of rubber and plastic products (by 0.3%).

… but down year-on-year 

Producer prices went down by 1.0% in a year. The prices of products for sale on the domestic market decreased by 1.9% and on non-domestic markets by 0.2%. Of the latter, the prices of products for sale on the markets of euro area countries went down by 0.7% and of non-euro area countries up by 1.3%.

Energy prices decreased by 8.1% and intermediate goods prices by 1.8%, while consumer goods prices increased by 1.1% and capital goods prices by 0.3%.

Prices went down the most in electricity (by 13.2%), followed by manufacture of computer and optical products (by 4.6%), manufacture of basic metals (by 4.5%) and manufacture of paper and paper products (by 2.7%). They grew the most in manufacture of beverages (by 5.8%), followed by manufacture of wearing apparel (by 5.4%) and water collection, treatment and supply (by 3.3%).

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Annual growth rates of producer prices, Slovenia
Annual growth rates of producer prices, Slovenia
Growth rates of producer prices, Slovenia
Aug 2024
Jul 2024
Aug 2024
Dec 2023
Aug 2024
Aug 2023
Jan–Aug 2024
Jan–Aug 2023
Growth rates of producer prices – total0.4-0.3-1.0-2.3
Main industrial groups
Intermediate goods0.3-0.6-1.8-4.4
Energy1.2-4.5-8.1-9.6
Capital goods0.3-0.20.30.9
Consumer goods0.31.01.11.3
Sections by SCA
B Mining and quarrying-0.3-1.10.81.9
C Manufacturing0.40.2-0.4-1.8
D Electricity-0.8-10.7-13.2-13.6
E Water supply0.03.33.34.9
Growth rates of producer prices, Slovenia
Aug 2024
Jul 2024
Aug 2024
Dec 2023
Aug 2024
Aug 2023
Jan–Aug 2024
Jan–Aug 2023
Growth rates of producer prices of the domestic market0.2-1.1-1.9-2.6
Growth rates of producer prices of the non-domestic market0.50.5-0.2-1.9
  euro area0.4-0.2-0.7-2.7
  non-euro area0.82.51.30.4
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
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