The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) has published the Producer Price Index in the fourth quarter of 2018 (Q4 2018).

The total index of producer prices in Kosovo in Q4 2018 is higher by 0.1% compared to Q3 2018. The largest increase by branches of economic activity is observed to: metal mining (6.5%); manufacture of food products (3.0%); manufacture of leather and articles thereof (1.1%); electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (0.4%); manufacture of beverages (0.1%); manufacture of paper and articles thereof (0.1%); and chemical products (0.1%).

The increase was counteracted by the decrease in prices of: manufacture of metal (-5.3%); manufacture of electrical equipment (-3.3%); wood and articles of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (-2.3%); manufacture of machinery and equipment (-1.5%); non-metallic mineral products (-0.7%); other ores and quarries (-0.6%); fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (-0.5%); manufacture of motor vehicles (transport), trailers and semi-trailers (-0.1%); and rubber and plastics (-0.1%).

Meanwhile, compared Q4 2018 with Q4 2017, producer prices increased by an average of 1.3%. The largest increase, according to branches of economic activity, is observed to: non-metallic mineral products (5.8%); manufacture of machinery and equipment (5.8%); manufacture of metal (4.2%); manufacture of furniture (3.9%); processing of food products (3.8%); manufacture of beverages (3.8%); manufacture of motor vehicles (transport), trailers and semi-trailers (3.2%); manufacture of paper and articles thereof (1.4%); manufacture of rubber and plastics (1.1%); water collection, treatment and supply (0.8%); and electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (0.1%).

The increase was counteracted by the decrease in prices of: metal mining (-10.3%); manufacture of electrical equipment (-6.9%); chemical products (-2.5%); wood and articles thereof, and cork, other than furniture: manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (-2.4%); fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (-2.0%); manufacture of leather and its products (-1.3%); and other mining and quarries (-0.8%).