INS: Industrial ouput prices 4.3pct up in September

Overall industrial output prices (internal and external markets) went up 4.3 per cent in September 2017 against the same interval last year, informs the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in a release sent to AGERPRES on Thursday. 

However, when comparing September 2017 data with September 2016 ones, there is a growth that accounts for 0.3 per cent. 

By large industrial groups, the most important jump, of 5.7 per cent, recorded in September 2017 against September 2016, was for the intermediary goods industry, followed, by 4.3 per cent, by the capital goods industry and the durable goods industry and the consumer goods industry (3.8 per cent) and the energy industry (3.1 per cent). 

Moreover, industrial output prices for the drilling industry showed an increase of 8.7 per cent, while the crude oil extraction and natural gas industries showed increases of 10.5 per cent. 

For the processing industry the annual growth stood at 5.2 per cent in September 2017.