Industrial production prices fell in April by 2.8% as compared to the same period last year, due to lower demand on the domestic market by 2.4% and on the foreign market by 3.5%, the largest decrease in prices of 8.7% was registered by energy industry.
Capital goods industry recorded a decline in prices by 2.8% and intermediate goods by 0.1%. On the other hand, prices of consumer goods industry increased by 1.1% and durable goods industries by 1.3%, reads a release from the National Statistics Institute (INS).
Compared to March, overall prices on total market shrank by 0.5%, down 0.7% on the domestic market, while on the foreign markets registered stagnation.
The energy industry prices were lower by 1.5%, the capital goods by 0.5% and intermediate and durable goods by 0.1% each.