The data released by the Albanian Institute of Statistics (Instat) swow that the index of producer prices recorded an increase of 0.9 percent on an annual basis in the fourth quarter of 2016. Producer prices of paper and furniture increased respectively by 1.6 percent and 2.2 percent. Production decreased by 0.1 percent the prices of the processing industry. The largest annual increase occurred for production prices in the mining industry (+5.5 percent), within which the costs for oil and gas extraction grew by 8.3 percent.

(ITALPRESS/MNA).

Source: medNews