this industrial prices Increased annual growth to 35.6% in September Due to lower energy costs and the recession compared to the previous month, as reported by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Tuesday.
With the annual increase in September being approximately 7.5 points lower than in August, industrial price chain positive rates for 21 consecutive months.
Moderation in the annual rate of industrial prices recorded in September mainly due to: EnergyIt reduced its annual variation by almost 27.5 percentage points to 84.2% due to the low price of electricity generation and oil refining.Due to the lower prices of chemical products and basic iron products compared to the increase experienced in September 2021, the annual rate decreased to 18.6%, along with intermediate goods, which decreased by 1.5 points.
On the other hand, non-durable goods prices increased by half a point to 13.1% in September compared to the same period of the previous year, due to the high costs of meat processing and preservation and production of meat products.
According to INE, without counting energy, Industrial prices rose 14% year-on-year last SeptemberIt’s four-tenths lower than in August and 21.5 points below the overall rate.
By activity, the largest price increases compared to September 2021 occurred in supply. electricity and gas (+91.9); coking plants and oil refining (+71.9%); paper industry (+25.1%); chemical industry (+23.2%) and food industry (+20.1%).
Prices are stagnant
On a monthly basis (September-August), industrial prices remained unchanged after 18 consecutive months of increases.
In September, the increase in the prices of non-durable goods (+0.8%) and the decreases in the prices of energy (-0.3%) and intermediate goods (-0.4%) came to the fore.
Inflation is moderate
Annual rate of industry price index Decreased in all autonomous communities in SeptemberAccording to statistics.
Compared to August, the biggest decreases were 28.1 in the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands and Asturias; 27 and 24.3 points respectively.
For its part, the smallest annual declines were recorded in the Community of Valencia, Catalonia and Extremadura, with 2.2 decreases; 2.4 and 2.4 points respectively.
At the end of September, all communities submitted positive industry price rates.
The highest annual rates are in the Balearic Islands (+48.7%), Murcia (+46.6%) and Andalusia (+44.3), while the most moderate rates are in La Rioja (+22.8), Navarra (+24). ,5%). ) and Cantabria (+27.2%).