The year-on-year change rate of the Industrial Production Prices Index stood at 4.6%, up by 0.4 percentage points from the rate observed in the previous month. The monthly change rate of the total index was 0.6% in September.
The index of the Manufacturing Industry section registered a year-on-year change rate of 2.9% (2.4% in the previous month) and the monthly change rate was 0.8%.
In the 3rd quarter 2012, the year-on-year change rate of the total index was 3.9% (3.2% in the 2nd quarter 2012).