The year-on-year change rate of the Industrial Production Prices Index stood at 4.4%, down by 0.8 percentage points from the rate observed in the previous month. The monthly change rate of the total index was -0.1% in December. In the same month, the year-on-year change rate of the Manufacturing Industry section index was 4.0%.
In the 4th quarter 2011, the year-on-year change rate of the total index was 5.0% (5.6% in the 3rd quarter 2011).
The average change rate of the total index in 2011 was 5.8% (3.7% in the previous year), while the Manufacturing Industry section registered an average change rate of 5.7%.