Producer Price Indices in January 2007

Producer prices for manufactured goods rose by 4.7 per cent, export prices by 3.3 per cent and import prices by 1.4 per cent from January 2006 to January 2007. The basic price index for domestic supply went up by 4.5 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index amounted to 4.3 per cent.

The increase in the producer prices for manufactured goods was particularly attributable to risen prices of base metals and electricity from January 2006. The rise in the prices was curbed by falls in the prices of oil products.

From December 2006 to January 2007, producer prices for manufactured goods fell by 0.3 per cent. The fall was mainly due to cheaper oil products. The fall in the prices was curbed by risen price of nickel.

Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in January 2007

Indices (2000=100)	Point figure 01/2007	Change % 12/2006 - 01/2007	Change % 01/2006 - 01/2007
Producer price index for manufactured products, total	101.0	-0.3	4.7
Export price index	92.8	-0.8	3.3
Import price index	110.1	-2.0	1.4
Basic pride index for domestic supply	111.2	-0.5	4.5
Wholesale price index	108.9	-0.7	4.3

Source: Producer Price Indices 2007, January Statistics Finland

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Last updated 16.2.2007

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3695. January 2007. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2007/01/thi_2007_01_2007-02-16_tie_001_en.html