The broader index of producer prices, including prices on the local market and for Bulgarian products sold internationally rose by 3.4% in December from the previous month and registered 23.2% increase year-on-year. (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova)
SOFIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's producer prices
rose by 6% on a monthly basis in December, mainly due to a
decrease in energy costs, the statistics office data showed on
Monday.
Producer prices rose by 28.5% on an annual basis in
December, driven by energy prices which have jumped across the
European Union since Russia invasion of Ukraine, data showed.
Prices of gas, electricity and heating rose by 15% on the
month in December and mining industry prices increased by 3.7%.
The processing industry prices dropped by 2.2% month-on-month in
December.
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