EU chemical producer prices rise 8.9% in August
02 October 2008 11:26 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (ICIS news)--Industrial producer prices rose 10.4% year on year on the 27-member EU in August, while chemicals prices rose 8.9%, official statistics agency Eurostat said on Tuesday.
In the 15-member eurozone, overall industrial producer prices rose 8.5% in the same period, while chemicals prices were up 7.9%.
Compared with July, general prices dropped 0.7% in the EU in August and by 0.5% in the eurozone.
Month on month, chemicals prices rose by 1% in both the EU and eurozone.
Industrial producer prices
|
August 2008 vs August 2007 (%) |
August 2008 vs July 2008 (%) | |
|
EU chemicals |
8.9 |
1.0 |
|
eurozone chemicals |
7.9 |
1.0 |
|
EU manufacturing |
10.4 |
-0.7 |
|
Eurozone manufacturing |
8.5 |
-0.5 |
Source: Eurostat
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