Second quarter 2009
Highlights
In order to reflect changes in the production pattern of agricultural products, a new set of weights has been calculated with 2007 as base period, the previous one being 2002. PPI-A indices for the months of April, May and June 2009 were based on the new weighting pattern and base period.
1. Monthly index
Overall index
The PPI-A stood at 108.5 in June 2009, following decreases of 2.1%, 1.7% and 0.2% in April, May and June respectively.
Sugar cane
The index for “Sugar cane” for the period July 2008 to June 2009 has been revised from 93.1 to 95.5 in the light of the final price of sugar for the 2008 crop which is now available. However, given that the price is assumed to be the same during the whole of the crop year, no change is shown during the period April to June.
Other crop products
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In April 2009, the index for the sub-group “Other crop products”
went down by 12.9%, mainly due to decreases in the prices of fresh vegetables
(-15.3%), fruits (-21.2%) and flowers and ornamental plants (-1.3%).
- In May 2009, the index receded by 8.7% largely as a result of declines in
the prices of fresh vegetables (-10.3%), root crops (-13.3%) and fruits (-1.3%).
- In June, the index decreased by 1.2% due to a drop in the prices of fresh
vegetables (-7.9%) partially offset by increases in the prices of root crops
(+31.6) and fruits (+14.3%).
Animals and animal products
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In April 2009, the index for the sub-group “Animals and animal products”
went up by 3.5%. This was due to increases in the prices of eggs (+15.4%)
and poultry (+1.0%).
- In May, the index rose by 0.6% mainly due to an increase of 4.6% in the
prices of eggs.
- In June, increases in the prices of eggs (+1.2%) and goat (+1.8%) caused
the index to grow by 0.2%.
2. Quarterly index
During the second quarter of 2009, the PPI-A receded by 0.4% compared to the previous quarter. This was due to lower prices of fresh vegetables (-7.2%) and fruits (-16.1%), partially offset by increases in the prices flowers and ornamental plants (+2.9%) and eggs (+19.4%).
Compared to the second quarter of 2008, the index contracted by 0.9%.
3. Yearly index
In
2008, producer prices of agricultural products were on the average 6.1% higher
than in 2007.
August 2009
More: Producer Price Index - Agriculture - PPIA - Second quarter 2009
Table 1 :Weights by commodity group ,previous and new base periods
Table 2 : Monthly indices by commodity group and product, January 2006 - June 2009
Table 3 : Percentage changes from previous month by commodity group and product , July 2008 - June 2009
Table 4 : Percentage changes from corresponding month of previous year by commodity group and product , July 2008 - June 2009
Table 5: Quarterly indices ¹ by commodity group and product, 3rd Quarter 2007 - 2nd Quarter 2009
Table 6: Quarterly changes (%) and net contributions of commodity group and product to the change, 2nd Quarter 2008 - 2nd Quarter 2009
Table 7 : Annual indices, annual changes (%) and net contributions of commodity group and product to the change, 2006 - 2008
Table 8: Monthly indices for the Agricultural Sector, January 2007 - June 2009
Table 9: Monthly indices for the Agricultural Sector, January 1993 - June 2009
Annex
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