Summary
The year-on-year change rate of the Industrial Production Prices Index was 3.6% in December, down by 0.2 percentage points from the rate observed in the previous month. The monthly change rate of the total index stood at  -0.4% (-0.1% in December 2011). Manufacturing Industry increased by 1.7% in year-on-year terms (2.0% in the previous month) and by -0.5% in monthly terms (-0.2% in December 2011).
In the 4th quarter 2012, the year-on-year change rate of the total index was 4.0% (3.9% in the 3rd quarter 2012).
The annual change rate of the total index stood at 3.8% in 2012 (5.8% in 2011), while the Manufacturing Industry section registered an average change rate of 2.1% (5.7% in the previous year).