Summary
The Industrial Production Prices Index registered a year-on-year change rate of -1.4%, up by 0.1 percentage points from the rate observed in the previous month. The monthly change rate of the total index stood at -0.2% (-0.3% in March 2013). The year-on-year change rate of the Manufacturing Industry Prices Index was -2.3% (-2.4% in February), while the monthly rate of change was -0.2% (-0.3% in the same period of 2013).
In the 1st quarter 2014, the year-on-year change rate of the total index was -1.4% (-1.1% in the 4th quarter 2013).