On an annual basis, producer prices of industrial products in August increased for durable consumer goods by 1.8% and for non-durable consumer goods by 1.2%. Producer prices for energy fell by 13.6%, for capital goods by 0.1%, and for intermediate goods by 0.1%.

Month on month, producer prices increased for intermediate goods by 0.3% and for non-durable consumer goods by 0.2%, while energy prices decreased by 1.5%, durable consumer goods by 0.2%, and capital goods by 0.1%.

In August, producer prices rose in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning by 1.1% and in mining and quarrying by 0.1%, while they fell in manufacturing by 0.9% and in water supply, wastewater management, waste disposal, and environmental remediation activities by 0.2%.

On an annual basis, producer prices increased in mining and quarrying by 7.4% and in water supply and related sectors by 0.2%, while they decreased in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning by 12.4% and in manufacturing by 1.3%.