This news release features a major planned revision linked to the rebasing exercise communicated in the Press Information Notice dated 20 February 2024. This routine major activity, conducted every five years, ensures the consistency and accuracy of short-term business statistics. The index reference period was updated from 2015=100 to 2021=100.
Annual comparison
When compared to January 2023, the industrial producer price index increased by 0.9 per cent. Price increases were registered in the capital goods (4.0 per cent), consumer goods (0.9 per cent) and intermediate goods (0.1 per cent). No price change occurred in the energy sector.
Industrial producer prices for the domestic market increased by 0.7 per cent. A price rise was recorded in the consumer goods (4.6 per cent) while the intermediate goods dropped by 1.5 per cent.
Non-domestic prices increased by 1.0 per cent. The prices of goods destined to the euro area rose by 1.2 per cent while those destined to the non-euro area increased by 0.8 per cent (Table 2).
Monthly comparison
During January 2024, the industrial producer price index increased by 0.9 per cent when compared to December 2023. Capital goods and intermediate goods rose by 4.1 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively. On the other hand, the consumer goods decreased by 0.5 per cent. There were no price changes in the energy sector.
The domestic market price increased by 0.2 per cent due to an increase of 0.7 per cent in the consumer goods. No price changes were registered in the other industrial groupings.
Prices in the non-domestic markets increased by 1.6 per cent. The prices of goods destined to the euro area and those destined to the non-euro area rose by 2.3 per cent and 1.0 per cent respectively (Table 3).
Chart 1. Industrial producer price index
(2021=100) for total industry
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Tables
This news release features a major planned revision linked to the rebasing exercise communicated in the Press Information Notice dated 20 February 2024. This routine major activity, conducted every five years, ensures the consistency and accuracy of short-term business statistics. The index reference period was updated from 2015=100 to 2021=100.
Methodological Notes
1. This news release features a major planned revision linked to the rebasing exercise communicated in the Press Information Notice dated 20 February 2024. This routine major activity, conducted every five years, ensures the consistency and accuracy of short-term business statistics. The index reference period was updated from 2015=100 to 2021=100.
2. The Industrial Producer Price Index (IPPI) monitors the changes in selling prices of all leading products within a sample of around 80 large enterprises which account for over 80 per cent of the total industrial turnover.
This news release is being published with the new base year 2021=100. Hence, indices cannot be directly compared to previous news releases published with base year 2015=100.
3. The pricing point for the monthly price collection is the 15th day of the month or the nearest trading day prior to that date.
4. The methodologies and guidelines used are set by Eurostat and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
5. Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/1197 specifies that it is the objective of the Industrial Producer Price Index to measure the development of transaction prices from the point of view of the producer. The observed producer price is the basic price that excludes VAT and adds subsidies on products received by the producer.
6. Euro area exports are transactions between Maltese enterprises and enterprises within the euro area. The euro area includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia (2023), Estonia (from 2011), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia (from 2014), Lithuania (from 2015), Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. These are classified as ‘non-domestic euro-area’. The ‘non-domestic non-euro area’ covers transactions between Maltese enterprises and enterprises within the non-euro area. Examples include the USA and Sweden. The latter country is in the EU but does not use the euro currency. Transactions among local resident enterprises are considered ‘domestic’.
7. The objective of Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs) is to provide an activity breakdown of industry using the internationally recognised classification of economic activities (NACE Rev. 2 Sections B, C, D and E) in terms of demand-based products: intermediate goods, energy, capital goods, durable consumer goods, and non-durable consumer goods. These regroup NACE Sections B to E and cover the following economic activities: quarrying, manufacturing, electricity and water supply.
8. Figures for the last three months are to be considered provisional and subject to revision. However, in exceptional cases, past data may also be revised.
9. The figures in this news release are unadjusted, that is, there are no working-day or seasonal adjustments. Indices are calculated using a Laspeyres-type index (2021=100). The data contained in this release is subject to revision. For an updated time-series which includes past data, please refer to the Statistical Indicators for this domain.
10. Statistics in this news release should be interpreted in context to the unprecedented developments and restrictions related to COVID-19.
| Main Industrial Grouping (MIG) | Total (Flow) |
| Intermediate goods | 32% |
| Energy | 21% |
| Capital goods | 17% |
| Consumer goods | 30% |
| Durable consumer goods | 2% |
| Non-durable consumer goods | 28% |
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This news release features a major planned revision linked to the rebasing exercise communicated in the Press Information Notice dated 20 February 2024. This routine major activity, conducted every five years, ensures the consistency and accuracy of short-term business statistics. The index reference period was updated from 2015=100 to 2021=100.
- In January 2024, the Industrial Producer Price Index increased by 0.9 per cent when compared to the same period of 2023.
- The most notable annual price change was an increase of 4.0 per cent in the capital goods index.
- When compared to December 2023, the Industrial Producer Price Index rose by 0.9 per cent.
