The producer price index (PPI) in April 2013 was 201.2 points (4. quarter 2005 = 100), 5.9% lower than in the previous month. The PPI for fish products was 242.4 points which is 4.3% lower than in March 2013 (effect on the index -1.5%) and the PPI for power intensive industry products was 210.1 points, 10.9% lower (-3.7%). The PPI for food products decreased by 0.1% and the PPI for other manufactured products decreased by 4.1% (-0.7%).
The PPI for domestically sold products was 1.0% (-0.2%) lower than in the previous month and the index for exported products decreased by 7.4% (-5.7%).
Compared to April 2012 the PPI has decreased by 10.5%. The PPI for fish products and the PPI for power intensive industry decreased by 12.8% and 15.9% respectively. In the same period the PPI for food products rose by 4.6%.
| Monthly changes (%) | ||||||
| Power | ||||||
| intensive | ||||||
| Marine | industry | Food | Domestic | Exported | ||
| PPI | products | products | production | sales | products | |
| 2012 | ||||||
| April | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| May | -2.5 | -1.7 | -5.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -3.3 |
| June | -1.2 | -0.7 | -2.0 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -1.5 |
| July | -3.3 | -1.7 | -6.4 | 1.9 | -0.6 | -4.2 |
| August | -2.7 | -3.4 | -4.6 | -0.6 | 0.6 | -3.7 |
| September | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 2.5 |
| October | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 0.1 | -1.0 | 5.4 |
| November | 0.4 | 0.8 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| December | -1.1 | -0.1 | -2.0 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -1.1 |
| 2013 | ||||||
| January | 4.3 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| February | -2.8 | -3.1 | -2.4 | 0.7 | -1.1 | -3.3 |
| March | -1.4 | -3.6 | -1.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -2.2 |
| April | -5.9 | -4.3 | -10.9 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -7.4 |
| Annual changes (%) | ||||||
| Power | ||||||
| intensive | ||||||
| Marine | industry | Food | Domestic | Exported | ||
| PPI | products | products | production | sales | products | |
| 2012 | ||||||
| April | 5.3 | 12.4 | -3.4 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 4.5 |
| May | 1.0 | 9.6 | -12.3 | 5.3 | 7.4 | -0.8 |
| June | -0.7 | 6.9 | -12.7 | 3.7 | 7.4 | -2.9 |
| July | -4.2 | 4.9 | -17.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | -6.8 |
| August | -6.1 | 0.9 | -19.3 | 2.0 | 4.4 | -9.1 |
| September | -3.7 | 4.1 | -16.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | -5.7 |
| October | 1.0 | 2.8 | -2.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| November | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| December | 1.2 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | ||||||
| January | 4.4 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| February | -0.4 | -2.3 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.6 | -0.8 |
| March | -4.4 | -7.8 | -5.7 | 5.3 | 1.1 | -6.1 |
| April | -10.5 | -12.8 | -15.9 | 4.6 | -0.4 | -13.5 |