
In Moldova, producer prices for industrial products in August 2022 increased by 30.2% compared to August last year.
At the same time, compared to July of this year, prices for industrial products increased by 0.6%, and since the beginning of 2022 (compared to December 2021) - by 18.5%. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in particular, in the extractive industry in August 2022, producer prices increased by 31.3% since the beginning of the year and by 37.4% compared to August last year, compared to the previous month, there was a decline by 1.3%. In the processing industry in August 2022, producer prices increased by 16.9% compared to December 2021, by 23.8% compared to August 2021, and by 0.8% compared to July of the current of the year. In the energy sector, in August 2022, producer prices did not change compared to the previous month, while they increased by 2.2 times compared to August last year and by 32.4% compared to December 2021. The NBS reports that the increase in prices for industrial products in Moldova in August 2022 was higher than in Lithuania (+28.6%), Croatia (+22.5%), Serbia (+15.4%) and Switzerland ( +4.2%), while being lower than in Norway (+77.3%) and Denmark (+37.3%). //20.09.2022 — InfoMarket.