PRODUCER PRICE INDEX - AGRICULTURE (PPI-A)
4th Quarter 2011
Highlights

1. Monthly index

Overall index

The Producer Price Index–Agriculture, which was 108.5 in September 2011, went down by 0.9% to reach 107.5 in December 2011. This drop was due to the combined effects of a decrease of 2.0% in October followed by increases of 0.5% and 0.7% in November and December respectively.

Sugar cane

The index for “Sugar cane” for the period July 2011 to December 2011 was 86.5 based on the provisional price of sugar for the 2011 crop. This represents an increase of 16.7% over the 2010 crop. It is assumed that the same price prevails during the whole of the crop year.

Other crop products

- In October 2011, the index for “Other crop products” increased by 7.7% mainly due to 13.3% increases in the prices of fresh vegetables.
- In November 2011, the index dropped by 2.4% largely as a result of decreases in the prices of fresh vegetables (-2.1%) and fruits (-10.2%).
- In December 2011, the index went up by 2.1% mainly as a consequence of higher prices of fruits (+13.2%) and fresh vegetables (+1.4%).

Animals and animal products

- In October 2011, the index for “Animals and animal products” went down by 10.0%. This was mainly due to decreases in the prices of eggs (-24.4%) and poultry (-5.7%).
- In November 2011, the index increased by 3.0%. This was due to increases in the prices of poultry (+2.8%) and eggs (+4.6%).
- In December 2011, the index rose by 0.8% mainly as a consequence of increases in the prices of poultry (+1.0%) and eggs (+0.2%).


2. Quarterly index

During the fourth quarter of 2011, PPI-A decreased by 1.8% compared to the previous quarter. This was due to lower prices of animals and animal products (-8.0%) and root crops (-0.4%), partly offset by higher prices of fresh vegetables (+8.4%) and fruits (+3.2%).

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, the index increased by 10.6 %.

3. Yearly index

In 2011, producer prices of agricultural products were on average 4.7% higher compared to 2010.

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Introduction

Table 1 : Monthly indices by commodity group and product, January 2011 - December 2011

Table 2 : Monthly indices by commodity group and product, January 2010 - December 2010

Table 3 : Monthly indices by commodity group and product, January 2009 - December 2009

Table 4 : Monthly indices by commodity group and product, January 2008 - December 2008

Table 5 : Percentage changes from previous month by commodity group and product , January 2011 - December 2011

Table 6 : Percentage changes from corresponding month of previous year by commodity group and product , January2011 - December 2011

Table 7 : Quarterly indices ¹ by commodity group and product, 1st Quarter 2010 - 4th Quarter 2011

Table 8: Quarterly changes (%) and net contributions of commodity group and product to the change, 4th Quarter 2010 - 4th Quarter 2011

Table 9 : Annual indices, annual changes (%) and net contributions of commodity group and product to the change, 2009 - 2011

Table 10 : Monthly and Quarterly Price Indices - Agriculture (PPI-A) : January 2008- December 2011

Table 11 : Monthly Price Indices-Agriculture (PPI-A) : January 1995 - December 2011

Table 12 : Weight distribution for the base period and its months by commodity group and product

 

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