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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 8 APRIL 2009

NUMBER: 13.1.2/3.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

PRODUCERS' PRICE INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, MARCH 2009

 

In March 2009, as compared to February 2009, the producers’ prices of industrial products decreased by 1.2% on the average, as compared to December 2008 they decreased by 1.1%, and, as compared to March 2008  they decreased by 0.1%.

 

Reviewed by the Main Industrial Groupings 2009 (MIGs 2009), in March 2009, as compared to February 2009, the prices of Energy decreased on the average by 3.0%, the prices of Intermediate consumer goods, except energy by 0.7%, the prices of Non-durable consumer goods by 0.6% and the prices of Durable consumer goods as well as the prices of Capital goods by 0.2% on the average.

 

Reviewed by the NKD 2007. divisions, the increase in March 2009, as compared to February 2009, was shown in the prices in the following divisions: Other mining and quarrying (1.6%), Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. as well as the Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (1.2%), Manufacture of electrical equipment (1.1%), Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (0.9%), Manufacture of wearing apparel (0.7%) and Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (0.1%).

 

At the same time, the decrease in March 2009, as compared to February 2009, was shown in the prices in the following divisions: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (-9.5%), Manufacture of textiles (-9.0%), Manufacture of paper and paper products (-7.2%), Manufacture of refined petroleum products (-5.2%), Manufacture of leather and related products (-4.2%), Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (-2.9%), Manufacture of rubber and plastic products (-2.5%), Other manufacturing (-2.2%), Manufacture of furniture (-1.3%), Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (-1.2%), Manufacture of basic metals (-0.8%), Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (-0.7%), Manufacture of tobacco products as well as the Manufacture of food products (-0.3%) and Manufacture of beverages (-0.1%).

 

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

 

 

1.   PRODUCERS' PRICE INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, ACCORDING TO MIGs 2009 AND NKD 2007. DIVISIONS, MARCH 2009

 

 

III. 2009.
Ø 2008.

I.-III. 2009.
Ø 2008.

III. 2009.
XII. 2008.

I.-III. 2009.
XII. 2008.

III. 2009.
II. 2009.

III. 2009.
III. 2008.

I.-III. 2009.
I-III. 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial products – total

97,7

98,4

98,9

99,6

98,8

99,9

101,1

 

According to main industrial groupings – MIGs 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 AE

Energy

94,1

95,3

97,5

98,7

97,0

97,7

99,8

 AI

Intermediate goods, except energy

96,9

97,7

99,1

99,9

99,3

98,0

99,7

 B

Capital goods

102,1

102,5

101,0

101,5

99,8

102,5

103,2

 CD

Durable consumer goods

104,2

105,0

102,5

103,3

98,8

103,9

106,8

 CN

Non-durable consumer goods

100,2

100,6

98,8

99,2

99,4

101,9

102,2

 

According to NKD 2007. sections and divisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 B

Mining and quarrying

119,8

114,2

114,3

109,0

100,5

123,6

117,7

06

Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

126,9

119,2

120,2

112,8

100,1

131,6

123,3

08

Other mining and quarrying

102,8

102,0

101,5

100,7

101,6

104,0

103,7

 C

Manufacturing

94,5

95,5

97,9

98,9

98,6

96,0

97,7

10

Manufacture of food products

99,1

99,4

99,8

100,1

99,7

100,2

100,9

11

Manufacture of beverages

103,7

103,8

102,3

102,4

99,9

106,2

106,1

12

Manufacture of tobacco products

78,3

78,2

78,0

77,8

99,7

78,4

78,4

13

Manufacture of textiles

93,9

100,7

93,5

100,3

91,0

96,5

99,2

14

Manufacture of wearing apparel

102,3

101,9

101,0

100,6

100,7

102,2

102,4

15

Manufacture of leather and related products

102,0

103,3

100,9

102,1

95,8

105,2

103,9

16

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

102,1

102,7

101,1

101,6

99,3

102,1

102,8

17

Manufacture of paper and paper products

97,0

102,8

97,0

102,7

92,8

98,8

103,1

19

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

65,5

67,9

90,8

94,0

94,8

67,4

72,4

20

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

100,1

98,8

101,2

99,9

101,2

103,3

103,5

21

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations

99,3

100,2

99,3

100,2

98,8

99,3

100,2

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

91,6

94,4

92,5

95,3

97,5

93,8

96,5

23

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

104,0

103,8

102,7

102,6

100,0

104,9

105,9

24

Manufacture of basic metals

84,0

87,0

89,7

93,0

99,2

89,1

95,8

25

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

98,5

99,2

98,4

99,0

100,9

102,0

103,8

26

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

102,0

108,9

98,7

105,4

90,5

104,8

109,1

27

Manufacture of electrical equipment

99,9

98,8

101,7

100,6

101,1

99,4

98,2

28

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.

103,4

102,5

102,9

102,0

101,2

102,0

100,9

29

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

99,8

101,8

100,0

102,0

97,1

99,6

101,3

30

Manufacture of other transport equipment

102,5

102,5

100,0

100,0

100,0

96,9

96,9

31

Manufacture of furniture

104,8

105,9

102,8

103,9

98,7

104,4

108,0

32

Other manufacturing

104,3

105,3

99,6

100,5

97,8

106,4

114,3

 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