Producer Price Index in

Mordad 1397

(July 23 - August 22, 2018)

Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran General Directorate of Economic Statistics

Producer Price Index in Iran Mordad 1397 (July 23 - August 22, 2018)

(1395 = 100)

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Summary Results of the Producer Price Index in Iran Mordad 1397 (1395=100)

increase  no change or virtually unchanged 

Percent change compared to

similar of Groups previous month the previous year

General Index 6.3 33.8  Major Groups: 1- Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7.1 26.3  2- Manufacturing 7.2 45.2  3- Transportation and storage 6.7 31.3  4- Accommodation and food service activities 3.8 16.9 

5- Information and communication 0.0 0.8  6- Education 0.3 14.3  7- Human health and social work activities 3.3 15.3  8- Other service activities 141.4 16.7  Special Group:

Services 4.7 22.4 

Producer Price Index in Iran

Mordad 1397

(1395 = 100)

The Producer Price Index (PPI) went up 6.3 percent in Mordad 1397. The index level of 144.2 was 33.8 percent higher than in Mordad 1396.

For the first 5 of 1397, the PPI edged up 21.1 percent, compared to the similar period in 1396.

This index moved up 15.2 percent for the 12 months ended in Mordad

1397.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing: In Mordad, a 7.1-percent increase in the prices of this group can be traced to the rises in the indices for barley, pulses, garden vegetables, leaf vegetables, lucerne, grapes, figs, "growing of pome fruits and stone fruits", fresh nuts, animal production, and fishing and aquaculture . In contrast, prices for melons, root vegetables, dates and aromatic plants went down.

Manufacturing: The Manufacturing group index moved up 7.2 percent, which was mostly due to the rises in the indices for processing and preserving of meat, fruit compotes, dried nuts and fruits, relish, manufacture of dairy products, manufacture of starches and starch products, "manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery", manufacture of prepared meals, tomato paste and sauces, herbal waters, manufacture of beverages, cigarettes,

1 manufacture of textiles, manufacture of wearing apparel, manufacture of leather and related products, manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels, manufacture of paper and paper products, brake fluid, grease and waxes, paraffin and vaseline, tar, manufacture of basic chemicals (domestic use), exported sodium hydroxide, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, "manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics", antifreeze, man-made fibers, "manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products", manufacture of rubber and plastic products, manufacture of glass and glass products, refractory brick, manufacture of clay building materials,

"manufacture of cement lime, and plaster", cement pipe, manufacture of basic iron and steel, production of aluminium, production of lead and zinc, manufacture of structural metal products, flange, "manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware", metal cans, "manufacture of bolts, screws, nuts and similar threaded products", netting and barbed wire, manufacture of metal doors and windows, metal barrels, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment, video door phone, electric supply meters, manufacture of electrical equipment, manufacture of pumps, lift truck, industrial ventilator, scales and weighbridges, manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools, manufacture of passenger cars, manufacture of trucks, manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles, manufacture of furniture, and manufacture of syringes and needles. On the contrary, prices for pesticides and insecticides, and cosmetic products declined.

Services: Increases in the indices of passenger air transport and dental services mainly led to 4.7 percent rise in the services group index.

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General Index Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Manufacturing Services Table 1 Producer Price Index in Iran Index Numbers and Their Percent Changes Mordad 1397 (1395 = 100) Index Percent Change Base Number Mordad 1397 Mordad 1396 Description Year in compared to compared to Weight Mordad previous similar month of previous similar month of 1397 month the previous year month the previous year General Index 100.00 144.2 6.3 33.8 1.6 8.9 Major Groups and Selected Subgroups: 1-Agriculture, forestry and fishing 18.62 139.9 7.1 26.3 2.8 11.7 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 17.74 139.9 6.8 25.2 2.8 12.9 Growing of non-perennial crops 8.16 131.0 1.9 13.3 3.4 20.9 Cereals 2.42 115.6 3.4 7.0 3.3 8.0 Oil seeds 0.08 118.6 0.0 12.1 -0.6 7.5 Pulses 0.29 121.3 5.1 5.3 1.4 15.7 Melons 0.76 194.0 -14.9 111.1 0.5 -5.0 Root vegetables 0.72 122.5 -4.6 -30.9 2.9 95.2 Garden vegetables 0.51 186.7 29.9 36.9 17.8 49.7 Leaf vegetables 0.10 98.6 7.6 10.2 1.7 -4.3 Forage crops 1.03 133.8 3.8 26.0 4.8 6.4 Growing of perennial crops 5.33 140.9 5.0 38.0 0.7 1.0 Tropical and subtropical fruits 0.49 106.4 -1.5 7.5 5.0 -1.0 Citrus fruits 1.12 114.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 7.0 Pome fruits 1.10 159.9 2.8 62.2 -0.1 -0.4 Stone fruits 0.73 202.6 9.7 96.1 -4.1 11.8 Fresh nuts 0.88 119.6 7.1 16.6 0.6 2.3 Animal production 4.24 155.4 18.3 34.0 3.8 13.1 Raising of cattle and buffaloes 1.96 141.9 19.3 34.0 1.4 5.8 Raising of sheep and goats 0.65 175.0 7.1 36.1 2.5 40.4 Raising of poultry 1.42 163.4 25.9 34.4 7.0 9.8 Fishing and aquaculture 0.88 140.4 15.1 52.8 1.9 -12.6 Persian Gulf fish 0.35 160.2 15.3 59.2 -4.1 0.4 Caspian Sea fish 0.03 114.4 0.0 36.7 0.0 -9.6 Aquaculture 0.49 125.1 15.9 48.2 7.7 -23.6 2- Manufacturing 47.12 155.1 7.2 45.2 1.8 9.0 Manufacture of food products 5.89 127.0 7.4 19.9 1.0 5.3 Processing and preserving of meat 0.50 149.7 19.7 25.6 5.5 19.3 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs 0.07 137.6 8.3 19.5 -0.3 14.2 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables 0.58 145.2 10.3 35.3 1.1 8.1 Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats 0.72 124.5 1.4 17.2 -0.1 3.2 Manufacture of dairy products 1.33 127.1 11.3 20.6 0.6 5.8 Manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products 0.92 105.5 1.2 5.7 0.8 -0.1 Manufacture of other food products 1.49 123.5 5.6 17.0 1.1 4.3 Manufacture of beverages 0.34 127.6 7.5 12.5 1.0 18.9

4 Table 1 (continued)

Index Percent Change Base Number Mordad 1397 Mordad 1396 Description Year in compared to compared to Weight Mordad previous similar month of previous similar month of 1397 month the previous year month the previous year Manufacture of tobacco products 0.06 262.4 28.9 153.8 0.9 2.5 Manufacture of textiles 0.93 147.0 26.3 43.8 -0.5 3.0 Spinning, weaving and finishing of textiles 0.59 160.5 35.4 58.1 -1.0 2.0 Manufacture of other textiles 0.34 123.9 9.7 19.9 0.2 4.9 Manufacture of wearing apparel 0.08 116.3 5.9 12.7 1.8 3.9 Manufacture of leather and related products 0.07 134.1 14.1 28.0 0.5 5.6 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; 0.23 112.6 10.0 14.5 2.1 -1.9 Manufacture of paper and paper products 0.56 126.7 13.6 28.9 0.1 -4.2 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 0.11 116.5 0.0 11.2 0.0 9.9 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 8.67 104.8 0.8 4.3 0.1 1.0 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 8.95 253.1 10.2 151.8 2.8 6.0 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products 1.20 120.7 7.9 15.0 0.1 6.6 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products 1.19 139.3 12.8 30.9 0.3 7.6 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 1.75 124.0 9.3 16.5 0.3 9.5 Manufacture of basic metals 6.10 182.3 5.3 47.9 7.3 29.4 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 0.98 146.1 8.5 32.0 3.5 12.8 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 0.47 106.7 4.4 9.4 -0.3 -1.7 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1.39 157.5 14.8 43.6 1.4 11.9 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 0.89 134.4 9.5 28.0 -0.2 5.8 Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 0.61 137.6 9.0 30.1 -0.2 6.8 Manufacture of special-purpose machinery 0.29 127.6 10.7 23.5 0.0 3.8 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 6.91 122.8 2.4 12.8 0.3 9.1 Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles 1.94 120.0 4.3 12.7 0.2 7.1 Manufacture of other transport equipment 0.12 134.1 0.0 26.7 0.0 5.0 Manufacture of furniture 0.12 135.6 11.5 16.3 13.8 16.8 3- Transportation and storage 16.91 139.6 6.7 31.3 0.2 5.2 Land transport and transport via pipelines 14.99 132.0 1.6 24.1 -0.3 5.1 Air transport 1.08 259.6 71.7 156.5 0.0 0.9 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 0.66 125.3 0.0 10.0 11.0 16.2 Postal and courier activities 0.18 104.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 4- Accommodation and food service activities 0.75 128.7 3.8 16.9 1.1 11.2 Accommodation 0.04 128.5 0.7 14.1 0.7 12.9 Food and beverage service activities 0.71 128.7 4.0 17.0 1.2 11.1 5- Information and communication 1.54 103.9 0.0 0.8 0.0 3.9 Telecommunications 1.51 102.9 0.0 0.4 -0.1 3.3 6- Education 2.52 121.8 0.3 14.3 0.2 11.3 7-Human health and social work activities 11.64 126.1 3.3 15.3 1.7 8.9 8-Other service activities 0.90 129.5 1.4 16.7 1.6 12.5 Special Group:

Services 34.27 131.6 4.7 22.4 0.7 7.3

5 Table 2 Producer Price Index in Iran General and Major Groups Index Numbers (1395=100) Description Majpjor Groups Spppecial Group Human health General Agriculture, Accommdation Transportation Information and and social Other service Index forestry and Manufacturing and food Education Services and storage* communication* work activities Period fishing service activities activities 1376 5.4 5.1 5.9 - 3.2 - 4.3 2.3 2.4 5.2 1377 646.4 636.3 696.9 - 414.1 - 484.8 282.8 282.8 616.1 1378 7.9 7.8 8.7 - 5.1 - 5.7 3.5 3.3 7.3 1379 9.2 9.3 10.0 - 6.0 - 7.3 4.2 4.0 8.4 1380 10.2 10.0 10.5 - 6.8 - 9.8 4.9 5.1 10.4 1381 11.6 11.3 11.6 - 8.0 - 12.0 5.8 5.7 12.4 1382 13.4 13.0 12.8 - 9.4 - 14.5 6.8 7.2 15.1 1383 15.7 15.4 14.7 - 10.9 - 17.8 8.1 8.4 17.9 1384 17.1 15.9 15.9 - 12.3 - 21.2 9.6 9.7 20.4 1385 19.0 18.0 17.7 - 13.7 - 25.5 11.1 11.2 22.6 1386 21.9 21.7 20.1 - 16.2 - 29.1 13.2 13.3 25.7 1387 26.4 27.6 24.5 - 21.0 - 33.4 16.3 17.7 29.3 1388 28.4 30.8 25.2 - 24.7 - 38.7 19.7 21.9 32.6 1389 33.1 34.7 30.8 - 29.4 - 43.7 24.0 26.6 36.5 1390 44.4 40.6 47.6 45.0 34.9 67.3 49.8 28.6 32.7 41.9

1391 58.8 56.6 65.3 54.1 46.4 69.9 57.0 36.2 42.1 50.3 6 1392 79.1 81.2 88.2 70.3 63.2 74.5 64.6 49.2 57.5 64.4 1393 90.8 92.4 96.9 88.4 76.3 87.0 73.6 66.6 72.3 80.9 1394 95.3 97.6 96.5 96.2 90.1 94.1 86.1 85.1 88.7 92.0 1395 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1396 110.0 111.0 110.7 106.5 111.3 103.0 111.6 110.7 112.3 108.4 1396 Mordad 107.8 110.8 106.8 106.3 110.1 103.1 106.6 109.4 111.0 107.5 Shah ri var 109.3 110.4 109.6 106.5 111.2 103.0 107.0 111.0 112.2 108.1 110.7 112.6 110.9 107.6 112.2 103.1 112.3 111.7 113.4 109.4 111.5 114.3 111.3 108.3 112.9 103.2 113.2 112.5 113.9 110.1 113.0 115.0 113.5 109.0 113.6 103.2 118.9 113.2 115.1 111.1 114.6 114.7 117.0 108.6 114.5 103.2 119.5 113.9 116.3 111.3 115.6 115.4 119.2 107.0 115.1 103.2 119.6 114.2 117.4 110.7 116.9 116.7 120.3 109.6 116.4 103.3 119.6 114.9 119.5 112.3 1397 117.6 116.5 121.7 109.8 117.7 103.4 119.7 115.1 121.7 112.5 119.9 117.6 125.3 111.3 119.5 103.6 120.0 115.8 123.5 113.6 122.9 118.2 127.9 119.0 120.3 103.7 120.5 119.0 125.9 118.6 135.6 130.6 144.7 130.8 124.0 103.9 121.4 122.1 127.7 125.7 Mordad 144.2 139.9 155.1 139.6 128.7 103.9 121.8 126.1 129.5 131.6 * These previously merged groups, have been separated since 1390 base year.