The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level advanced to 5.7 percent in December from 2.6 percent in November. This was mainly due to higher annual rates correspondingly recorded in the indices of mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials and chemicals, including animal and vegetable oils and fats at 20.0 percent and 4.4 percent in December from their respective last month's rates of 4.4 percent and 2.1 percent. On the other hand, a negative rate was still observed in the index of crude materials, inedible except fuels at -15.1 percent from -15.9 percent. Moreover, slower annual price hikes were registered in the indices of food and manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials at 5.4 percent and 0.4 percent from 5.7 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the annual movements in beverages and tobacco, machinery and transport equipment and miscellaneous manufactured articles index remained at their previous month's rates.

On an annual basis, the movement in the country's General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) was still negative at -1.6 percent in October from -6.4 percent in September. Downward annual price change was observed in the index of beverages and tobacco at -0.6 percent from -0.5 percent; crude materials, inedible except fuels, -15.6 percent from -24.8 percent; mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials, -11.4 percent from -24.3 percent; and machinery and transport equipment, -0.5 percent from -0.7 percent. Moreover, the annual growth rate in the miscellaneous manufactured articles index slowed down to 0.7 percent from 1.4 percent. However, higher annual rates were correspondingly noted in the indices of food and manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials at 4.4 percent and 0.8 percent from their respective last month's rates of 1.8 percent and 0.5 percent. The chemicals, including animal and vegetable oils and fats index retained its last month's annual rate of 0.9 percent.

The annual rate of price change in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level was still negative at -8.7 percent in August from -11.2 percent in July. Downward annual price movement was observed in the index of crude materials, inedible except fuels at -21.3 percent from -32.5 percent; mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials, -30.6 percent from -36.6 percent; and machinery and transport equipment, -0.6 percent from -0.5 percent. Moreover, slower annual price increments were noticed in the indexes of the following commodity groups: food, 0.2 percent from 0.8 percent; beverages and tobacco, 1.5 percent from 2.0 percent; manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials, 0.9 percent from 1.4 percent; and miscellaneous manufactured articles, 2.1 percent from 2.3 percent. A higher annual rate of price increase was however posted in the index of chemicals, including animal and vegetable oils and fats at 2.4 percent from -1.2 percent last month.