EU Sept industrial prices up 10.1%, chems up 9.6%

04 November 2008 13:15  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Industrial producer prices increased 10.1% year on year in the 27-member EU in September, while chemicals prices rose 9.6%, official statistics agency Eurostat said on Tuesday.

In the 15-member eurozone, overall industrial producer prices rose 7.9% in the same period, while chemicals prices were up 8.7%.

Compared with August, general prices in the EU and the eurozone dropped 0.2%.

Chemicals prices increased by 0.6% in both the EU and the eurozone month on month.

Industrial producer prices

	Sept 2008 vs Sept 2007 (%)	Sept 2008 vs   Aug 2008 (%)
EU chemicals	9.6	0.6
eurozone chemicals	8.7	0.6
EU manufacturing	10.1	-0.2
Eurozone manufacturing	7.9	-0.2

Source: Eurostat

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