For the specified period, producer prices in extractive industry rose by 3.4 percent and in manufacturing industry - by 2.5 percent.
In September, producer prices for oil and gas production increased by 3.5 percent and metal ore mining industry - by 2.4 percent.
In the manufacturing sector, producer prices in metallurgical industry rose by 9.7 percent, by 3.3 percent in refining industry, by 2.7 percent in tobacco production, by 1.9 percent in production of construction materials, by 0.8 percent in beverage manufacturing, by 0.5 percent in food industry and production of printed materials, by 0.4 percent in apparel manufacturing, by 0.2 percent in the weaving industry and electrical equipment manufacturing, by 0.1 percent in the chemical industry.
Prices in pulp production decreased by 0.1 percent.
Producer prices in other industries of manufacturing sector have not changed.
Prices for industrial products up in Azerbaijan
11 October 2016
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In September, the producer price index for industrial production in Azerbaijan rose by 3.3 percent, as compared to August, said the report on the website of Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee.
