The Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in October 2009 fell by 0.4 per cent compared to the previous month, the National Statistical Institute said on Monday.

The domestic prices decreased in the mining and quarrying industry, by 1.9 per cent, and in manufacturing, by 1.0 per cent, while the prices increased by 1.1 per cent in
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.

The Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in October 2009 fell by 8.3 per cent compared to the same month of 2008.

The domestic prices decreased in manufacturing, by 10.1 per cent, in the mining and quarrying industry, by 3.9 per cent, and in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, by 5.3 per cent.

Year on year, the prices decreased in the manufacture of basic metals, by 17.6 per cent, in the manufacture of wood and of products of wood, except furniture, by 8.5 per cent, in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products, by 6.5 per cent, and in the manufacture of food products, by 5.8 per cent.

The price increased in the manufacture of beverages, by 6.9 per cent, in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, by 5.1 per cent, and in the manufacture of leather and related products, by 4.7 per cent.