Tanzania producer price index decreases
By Mnaku
Tanzania Producer Price Index for the third quarter of
last year for all industry (overall index) recorded a decrease from 116.2 for
the third Quarter (July-September 2016) to 115.1 for the fourth Quarter
(October-December 2016).According to the Producer Price Index published by the
National Bureau of Statictics (NBS), the main activities that lead to the
decrease in price for the fourth Quarter of year 2016 were mining and quarrying
which recorded a decrease of (6.8) percent and Manufacture of tobacco products
(5.1) percent.
The price of Other mining and quarrying is largely depend
on the demand from on the market within a specified period, further more the
decrease in price of tobacco products
were due to fall in the price at the world market.
On the other hand, the rise of price in Mining of metal
ores 3.0 percent were associated with the quality of metal ores extracted
during the reference quarter and the fluctuations of price at the world market.
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