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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 9 MARCH 2009

NUMBER: 13.1.2/2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

PRODUCERS' PRICE INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, FEBRUARY 2009

 

In February 2009, as compared to January 2009, the producers’ prices of industrial products increased by 0.2% on the average, as compared to December 2008 they increased by 0.1%, and, as compared to February 2008  they increased by 1.8%.

 

Reviewed by the Main Industrial Groupings 2009 (MIGs 2009), in February 2009, as compared to January 2009, the prices of Energy increased on the average by 2.4%, the prices of Durable consumer goods as well as the prices of Non-durable consumer goods by 0.1%. At the same time, the prices of Intermediate consumer goods, except energy decreased by 1.0% on the average and the prices of Capital goods by 0.9%.

 

Reviewed by the NKD 2007. divisions, the increase in February 2009, as compared to January 2009, was shown in the prices in the following divisions: Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (22.0%, higher prices of natural gas), Manufacture leather and related products (5.0%), Other manufacturing (1.9%), Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (1.4%), Manufacture of tobacco (1.3%), Manufacture of electrical equipment (1.2%), Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (0.8%), Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products as well as the Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. (0.4%) and Manufacture of refined petroleum products (0.3%).

 

At the same time, the decrease was shown in the prices in the following divisions: Manufacture of basic metals (-8.4%), Manufacture of rubber and plastic products (-3.6%), Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (-3.5%), Manufacture of paper and paper products (-2.1%), Manufacture of textiles (-1.9%), Other mining and quarrying (-0.8%), Manufacture of furniture (-0.5%), Manufacture of food products (-0.3%), Manufacture of wearing apparel, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations and Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plating materials (-0.2%) and Manufacture of beverages (-0.1%).

 

In the remaining four divisions of the industrial production, the prices in February 2009, as compared to January 2009, remained unchanged on the average.

 

 

1.   PRODUCERS' PRICE INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, ACCORDING TO MAIN INDUSTRIAL GROUPINGS 2009
      AND NKD 2007. DIVISIONS, FEBRUARY 2009

 

 

II. 2009.
Ø 2008.

I.-II. 2009.
Ø 2008.

II. 2009.
XII. 2008.

I.-II. 2009.
XII. 2008.

II. 2009.
I. 2009.

II. 2009.
II. 2008.

I.-II. 2009.
I-II. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial products – total

98,9

98,8

100,1

100,0

100,2

101,8

101,8

 

According to main industrial groupings – MIGs 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 AE

Energy

97,0

95,9

100,5

99,3

102,4

102,1

100,9

 AI

Intermediate goods, except energy

97,6

98,1

99,8

100,3

99,0

99,3

100,6

 B

Capital goods

102,3

102,7

101,3

101,7

99,1

102,9

103,5

 CD

Durable consumer goods

105,5

105,5

103,7

103,7

100,1

110,7

108,2

 CN

Non-durable consumer goods

100,8

100,8

99,4

99,4

100,1

102,5

102,3

 

According to NKD 2007. sections and divisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 B

Mining and quarrying

119,1

111,5

113,7

106,4

114,8

122,7

114,8

06

Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

126,7

115,3

120,0

109,2

122,0

130,9

119,1

08

Other mining and quarrying

101,2

101,6

99,9

100,3

99,2

103,0

103,5

 C

Manufacturing

95,8

96,0

99,2

99,4

99,7

98,3

98,6

10

Manufacture of food products

99,4

99,6

100,1

100,3

99,7

101,2

101,2

11

Manufacture of beverages

103,8

103,9

102,4

102,5

99,9

106,3

106,1

12

Manufacture of tobacco products

78,6

78,1

78,2

77,7

101,3

78,9

78,3

13

Manufacture of textiles

103,2

104,1

102,7

103,7

98,1

99,7

100,5

14

Manufacture of wearing apparel

101,5

101,7

100,3

100,4

99,8

101,7

102,5

15

Manufacture of leather and related products

106,5

104,0

105,3

102,8

105,0

105,8

103,3

16

Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

102,9

102,9

101,8

101,9

99,8

103,1

103,2

17

Manufacture of paper and paper products

104,5

105,6

104,5

105,6

97,9

103,1

105,2

19

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

69,1

69,0

95,8

95,6

100,3

75,2

75,1

20

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

98,9

98,2

100,0

99,3

101,4

101,7

103,6

21

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations

100,6

100,7

100,6

100,7

99,8

100,6

100,7

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

94,0

95,8

94,9

96,7

96,4

96,8

97,9

23

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

104,0

103,7

102,7

102,5

100,4

106,4

106,5

24

Manufacture of basic metals

84,7

88,5

90,5

94,6

91,6

92,4

99,3

25

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

97,7

99,5

97,5

99,3

96,5

101,9

104,6

26

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

112,8

112,3

109,1

108,7

100,8

112,1

111,1

27

Manufacture of electrical equipment

98,9

98,3

100,6

100,0

101,2

98,0

97,5

28

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.

102,2

102,0

101,7

101,5

100,4

100,6

100,4

29

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

102,8

102,8

103,0

103,0

100,0

102,6

102,2

30

Manufacture of other transport equipment

102,5

102,5

100,0

100,0

100,0

96,9

96,9

31

Manufacture of furniture

106,2

106,5

104,2

104,4

99,5

112,8

109,9

32

Other manufacturing

106,7

105,7

101,9

100,9

101,9

118,8

118,6

 D

Electricity, gas steam and air conditioning supply

111,4

111,4

104,3

104,3

100,0

118,5

118,5

35

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

111,4

111,4

104,3

104,3

100,0

118,5

118,5

 E

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

101,8

101,8

100,0

100,0

100,0

102,2

102,2

36

Water collection, treatment and supply

101,8

101,8

100,0

100,0

100,0

102,2

102,2

 


NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Definition

 

Producers’ prices of industrial products are either prices at which a producer sells its products at the domestic market in the largest quantities, loaded free on rail (truck) at factory gate at the location of a producer or a price charged to another company by a producer. The selling price is increased for the amount of the compensation obtained by the seller, and deducted for the amount of the discount, rebate, value added tax and excises.

 

Classification and coverage

 

Since January 2009, producers’ prices of industrial products have been collected according to the Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NIP 2008.) and the NKD 2007. in such a way that selected legal entities submit them on the monthly basis for selected products from the NKD 2007. sections B, C, D and E.

 

On 1 January 2008, the 2007 version of the National Classification of Activities – NKD 2007. (NN, Nos. 58/07 and 72/07) entered into force. It was first implemented in registers and since January 2009 in this statistical survey as well.

 

Producers’ price indices of industrial products by months for 2008 have been recalculated according to the NKD 2007. with the implementation of the NIP 2008. and MIGs 2009.

 

Data on indices for previous years will be recalculated as well by using the same principle. They will be reduced to the year 2005 (a base year for indices).

 

For monitoring purposes, the most important products have been selected from each group, that is, products with the highest sale on the domestic market. Legal entities are selected according to their share in the production of individual products.

 

Prices are monitored in 577 legal entities and for 340 industrial products. Some 1 164 observations are done every month.

 

Weights

 

Since January 2009, a structure based on sales value at the group level taken from the 2007 Annual Industry Report (IND-21 form), has been applied.

 

The weighting system is changed every five years, while weights are partly corrected every year, in relation to changes in prices.

 

Index calculation

 

Individual indices for each representative product are calculated from data on prices by dividing prices of a current period by prices of a base period (December of a previous year).

 

Aggregate indices, that is, indices of a group, division, section, subsection and the total index, are calculated by a weighted arithmetic mean from individual indices according to the modified Laspeyres  formula:

 

Whereby:

 

I          is an index of a group, division, section, subsection and the total index

Pn      is a price in a current period (month)

Po      is a price in a base period

Wo     is a relative sale structure in a base period.

 

Abbreviations

 

MIGs             Main Industrial Groupings

n.e.c.             not elsewhere classified

NIP                Nomenclature of Industrial Products

NKD 2007.   National Classification of Activities, 2007 version