Output prices rose overall by 3.8% in the year to January, compared with a 3.5% rise in the year to December. The index rose 0.4% between December and January mainly due to price rises in petrol products, tobacco and alcohol products and other manufactured products. Input prices for materials and fuels rose 8.4% in the year to January compared with 7.4% in the year to December and 2% between December 2009 and January 2010 compared with 0.6% between November and December 2009.
Over the year to January output prices increased in all catogories except textiles and clothing which decreased by o.2% The biggest increase was in petroleum products with 20.6%. Electrical and optical went up 4.3%, tobacco and alcohol by 3.7% and both transport and other products by 3.3%. The changes over the month to January saw decreases in the output prices of food at 0.1%, textiles and clothing at 1.2% and metal products at 0.1%. Petroleum products went up by 1.7% which was the biggest increase over the month.
Input prices were generally up with a 70.6% rise in the price of crude oil. Impiorted metals went up by 7.1%. A number of categories prices went down in January including fuel at 16.1%. Imported food materials prices decreased by 2.8%, home food materials prices decreased by 5.7% and other home produced materials by 0.7%. Over the month the price of crude oil increased by 5.3% and fuel by 3.1%. Home food products materials prices increased by 0.4% and imported food materials products by 0.3%.
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