Provisional data
The annual rate of the general Industrial Price Index (IPRI) was -1.3% in the month of August, three tenths above that registered in July.
By economic destination of the goods, among the industrial sectors that had a positive influence on the evolution of the annual rate of the general IPRI, the following stood out:
Energy, whose rate stood at -6.0%, 1.1 points above that of July, due to the increase in prices for the Production, transportation and distribution of electrical energy, higher than in August 2023.
It is worth highlighting, although in the opposite direction, the decrease in the prices of Oil Refining, compared to the increase in the same month last year.
For its part, among the industrial sectors with negative influence, the following stood out:
Non-durable consumer goods, which decreased its annual variation by 1.0 points, to 1.7%, as a result of the drop in prices for the Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats, which increased in August of the previous year.
The annual variation rate of the general index without Energy decreased four tenths, to 0.6%, and was 1.9 points above that of the general IPRI.
Monthly evolution of industrial prices
In August the monthly variation rate of the general IPRI was 1.5%.
In a more detailed analysis, you can see the activities that most affected the monthly IPRI rate in the month of August.
Results by autonomous communities. Annual variation rates
In August, the IPRI registered negative annual rates in 12 communities and positive rates in the remaining five.
The lowest rates were in the Basque Country (-3.5%), the Region of Murcia (-3.2%) and Andalusia (-3.0%).
For its part, La Rioja (2.2%), Canarias (1.5%) and Comunidad Foral de Navarra (1.4%) presented the highest rates.
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