Producer Price Index, Q1 2020
The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has published the Producer Price Index (PPI) in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020).
Total producer price index in Kosovo decreased by (-0.3%) between Q4 2019 and Q1 2020. The largest decrease by the branches of economic activities are observed in: manufacture of furniture (-4.6%); manufacture of machinery and equipment p.k.t. (-4.6%); manufacture of non-metallic mineral products (-4.5%); production of beverages (-2.0%); manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (-2.0%); manufacture of wood and articles thereof and cork, other than furniture: manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials ( (-1.4%); manufacture of paper and its articles (-1.4%); manufacture of rubber and plastic products (-1.3%); manufacture of metal (-1.0%); and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-0.4%).
The decrease was counteracted by the increase of prices in: extraction of metal ore (7.1%); manufacture of leather and its articles (5.9%); manufacture of chemical products (3.2%); manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment (2.9%); manufacture of electrical equipment (0.6%); ores and other quarries (0.4%); and food processing (0.4%).
Meanwhile, compared the Q1 2020 with Q1 2019, producer prices decreased to an average of (-0.2%). The largest decrease according to the branches of economic activities, are observed in: extraction of metal ore (-5.6%); manufacture of machinery and equipment p.k.t. (-4.6%); manufacture of non-metallic mineral products (-2.9%); manufacture of furniture (-2.2%); production of beverages (-2.1%); manufacture of metal (-1.0%); electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-0.9%); manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (-0.8%); manufacture of paper and articles thereof (-0.5%); manufacture of electrical equipment (-0.5%); water collection, treatment and supply (-0.3%); and manufacture of rubber and plastic products (-0.2%).
The decrease was counteracted by the increase in prices of manufacture of leather and articles thereof (7.0%); manufacture of metal products, except machinery and equipment (2.6%); manufacture of motor vehicles (transport), trailers and semi-trailers (1.4%); food processing (0.7%); ores and other quarries (0.4%); and manufacture of chemical products (0.4%).