By Producer and Import Price Index, December 2012:
Producer prices in total rose from November to December by 0.5 percent. During the same period prices on the domestic market increased 1.2 percent and on the import market 0.8 percent. On the export market prices decreased 0.1 percent.
Increased prices for electricity and district heating contributed to the increase on the domestic market. On the import market higher prices for crude oil and electricity contributed to the increase. Lower prices for refined petroleum products, iron and steel contributed to the downturn on the export market. The downturn on the export market was counteracted by price increases for electricity, motor vehicles and other non-ferrous metals.
Prices for domestic supply, that is, domestic and import markets together, increased by 1.0 percent from November to December.
Compared to December of last year producer prices in total have decreased 2.4 percent. During the same period prices have decreased 4.9 percent on the export market and 3.5 percent on the import market. On the domestic market prices have increased 0.4 percent while prices for domestic supply have decreased 1.6 percent.
Total: B-E* | Index | Change, percent (monthly) | Change, percent (yearly) |
Dec 12, |
Nov 12 - |
Dec 11 - | |
Producer Price Index | 113.8 | 0.5 | -2.4 |
of which - Manufacturing | 113.3 | -0.2 | -1.7 |
Producer Price Index, home sales | 120.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
of which - Electricity, gas, heating | 136.5 | 7.6 | 3.3 |
- Electricity | 130.0 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
Export Price Index | 107.6 | -0.1 | -4.9 |
Import Price Index | 112.7 | 0.8 | -3.5 |
Price Index for domestic supply | 116.6 | 1.0 | -1.6 |
of which - Consumer goods | 113.5 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
- Capital goods | 98.7 | 0.2 | -2.6 |
- Intermediate goods | 118.8 | 0.4 | -3.6 |
- Energy related goods** | 152.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 |
* Products from mining and quarrying, manufactured products, electricity, gas, heating, cooling, water and waste collection.
** Subgroups 05, 06, 19, 35 and 36: Energy minerals (mainly crude oil), coal, refined petroleum products, nuclear fuel, electricity, gas, heating, cooling and water.
An appreciation or depreciation of the Swedish currency has a tendency to respectively lower or raise export and import prices in Swedish kronor. According to the Swedish Customs exchange rates, the Swedish krona depreciated from November to December against the US dollar by 1.7 percent, against the Norwegian krone by 1.3 percent, against the British pound by 1.3 percent, against the Danish krone by 0.1 percent. The exchange rate where unchanged against the Euro.
Product group according to SPIN 2007 |
Largest contributions, in percentage points, | ||||
Producer Price |
Export Price |
Import Price | |||
6.1 | Crude oil | 0.3 | |||
10 | Food products | 0.1 | |||
19.2 | Refined petroleum products | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
24.1 | Basic iron, steel and ferro-alloys | -0.1 | |||
24.4 | Basic precious and other non-ferrous metals | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
26 | Computer, electronic and optical products | 0.1 | |||
29.1 | Motor vehicles | 0.1 | |||
35.11 | Electricity | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
35.3 | District heating | 0.7 | |||
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