Producers Price Index: March 2010 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  18 May 2010

Highlights

 

  • The producers price index (PPI) outputs index rose 1.8 percent. 
  • Output prices for dairy product manufacturing rose 29.6 percent.
  • Output prices fell 0.5 percent in the year to the March 2010 quarter.

 

  • The PPI inputs index rose 1.3 percent.
  • Input prices for electricity generation and supply rose 16.2 percent.
  • Input prices rose 0.6 percent in the year to the March 2010 quarter. 
  
  Graph, Producers Price Index, inputs and outputs.
 
 

Geoff Bascand

18 May 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0622