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The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics on the general industrial producer price index showed an increase in the index during the first nine months of the current year by 2.61 percent compared to the same period last year.
On a monthly basis, the index recorded an increase in September of the current year by 0.92 percent compared to August of the same year, and an increase of 5.41 percent compared to September of last year.
Accordingly, the general industrial producer price index for the first nine months of the current year reached 109.42, compared to 106.63 for the same period in 2025.
On a monthly basis, the index for last September reached 111.28, compared to 105.56 for the same month in 2025. The industrial producer price index for last September also recorded 111.28, compared to 110.26 in the preceding month of August.
Comparing the index for the first nine months of the current year with the same period in 2025, prices of "manufacturing industries" rose by 2.52 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 88.74 percent, prices of "extractive industries" rose by 5.68 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.36 percent, and prices of "electricity" rose by 1.22 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.91 percent.
In terms of industrial activities, the rise in the industrial producer price index for September 2026 compared to the same month in 2025 was driven by the rise in prices of "manufacturing industries" by 5.60 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 88.74 percent, prices of "extractive industries" by 6.46 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.36 percent, and prices of "electricity" by 1.78 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.91 percent.
Regarding monthly change, the industrial producer price index for last September rose compared to the preceding month of August as a result of the rise in prices of "manufacturing industries" by 0.98 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 88.74 percent, prices of "extractive industries" by 0.59 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.36 percent, and prices of "electricity" by 0.21 percent, which constitute a relative weight of 5.91 percent.
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