In May 2023, industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) fell by 2.1% compared with April 2023.
Prices on the domestic market grew by 11.5% in May 2023 versus May 2022, while prices on the non-domestic market fell by 0.5%.
The biggest price increase, 13% was reported in the non-durable consumer goods industry, followed by the energy industry, 12%, durable goods industry, 8% and capital goods industry, 6.4%.
The only sector to actually record a decline was the intermediate goods industry, almost 1%.
The data also show a 36% rise in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, a 22% increase in water supply and a 20% increase in the manufacture of beverage sectors in May 2023 versus May 2022.
On the other hand, industrial production prices were lower by 40% in the extraction of oil and natural gas sector and by 38% in the manufacture of coke and refined oil products sector.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)