The Department of Statistics issued its monthly report on the General Industrial Producer Price Index (PPI), recording a decline of 0.75% (less than one percentage point) in industrial producer prices for 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.
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On a monthly basis, the overall Industrial Producer Price Index decreased by 1.33% in December 2025 compared with December 2024, and by 0.81% compared with the preceding month of the same year. (Base year: 2018 = 100.)
Accordingly, the Industrial Producer Price Index for 2025 reached 106.32, compared with 107.12 for the same period in 2024. On a monthly level, the index for December 2025 stood at 104.85, compared with 106.26 for December 2024. It also recorded 104.85 in December 2025 compared with 105.71 in the previous month of the same year.
Comparing the cumulative index for 2025 with the same period in 2024, prices in the manufacturing sector—accounting for 88.74% of the index’s relative importance—declined by 1.03%. Meanwhile, prices in the mining and quarrying sector (5.36% relative importance) increased by 2.38%, and electricity prices (5.91% relative importance) rose by 0.56%.
At the commodity level, the decline in the index for December 2025 compared with December 2024 was driven by a 1.77% decrease in manufacturing prices (88.74% relative importance). In contrast, prices in mining and quarrying rose by 4.42% (5.36% relative importance), and electricity prices increased by 0.27% (5.91% relative importance).
On a monthly change basis, the overall Industrial Producer Price Index for December 2025 declined compared with the preceding month due to a 0.71% drop in manufacturing prices (88.74% relative importance) and a 3.74% decline in mining and quarrying prices (5.36% relative importance), while electricity prices rose by 0.36% (5.91% relative importance).
