1 June 2010
2010- n° 144In April, firm increase of industrial products prices Industrial Producer and Import Price Indices - April 2010
The French producer prices in industry on the French market increased firmly in April (+1.0 %), after a progress by +0.6 % in March.
Producer price indices in industry
FRENCH MARKET: +1.0 %
The French producer prices in industry on the French market increased firmly in April (+1.0 %), after a progress by +0.6 % in March.
The strong rises of petroleum products and industrial raw materials prices went on and contributed to this result.
The prices of refined petroleum products went on rising strongly
The prices of refined petroleum products increased markedly for the second consecutive month: +6.3 % after +6.4 % in March. These changes were in line with the background of continuous rise of international stock exchange rates for crude petroleum (+18.4 % for the brent in euros on the last three months).
The prices of other energetic products followed
The increase of mining and quarrying, energy and water products was firm (+1.6 %), drawn by the sharp rise of gaseous fuels through mains prices (+7.6 %) and slightly attenuated by the small drop of electricity prices (-0.5 %).
The prices of basic metals, chemical and fabricated metal products progressed markedly
While international exchange rates of raw materials were increasing, chemical products prices (+1.9 %) and basic metals and fabricated metal products prices (+2.7 %) rised markedly. In particular, the increases of propylene and butadiene drew the prices of organic basic chemicals (+6 %). The change of prices was also firm for fabricated copper products (+5.3%), but also for aluminium and nickel ones, in line with raw materials prices.
FOREIGN MARKETS: +0.7 %
On the external markets, the French producer prices (+0.7 %) were also drawn by the rise of raw materials. Nevertheless, the increase was globally smaller than on the domestic market, because the part of energetic products is less important.
ALL MARKETS: +0.9 %
On all markets, the French producer prices increased by 0.9 % in April. Year-to-year, the progression reached +3.4 % for the global French industry. Only food products, electrical and electronic equipments were of a lower price than in April 2009.
Import prices indices of industrial products: +1.5 %
In April, the prices of imported industrial products increased firmly (+1.5 %). As for the French products, this rise was explained by the refined petroleum products (+4.8 %), chemical products (+1.2 %) and basic metals and fabricated metal products (+3.1 %) ; it was reinforced by the rise of crude petroleum products and the depreciation of the European currency.
graphiqueGraphique1_EN – Total Industry price indices
- source : INSEE
graphiqueGraphique2_EN – Producer price indices of manufactured products sold on the french market
- source : INSEE
graphiqueGraphique3_EN – Import price indices of manufactured products
- source : INSEE
tableauTableau1 – French Producer Price Indices in industry according to the market where the products are sold:
| Change in % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levels A 10 and A 17 in CPF rev. 2, 2008 | Weight | Apr.10 | In 1 month | In 1 year |
| French market | ||||
| BE:TOTAL INDUSTRY | 1000 | 108.8 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| (DE) Mining and quarrying, energy, water | 130 | 121.2 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
| CZ: Manufactured prod. | 870 | 107.0 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| (C1) Food products, beverages, tobacco | 188 | 102.4 | –0.1 | –1.6 |
| (C2) Coke and refined petroleum products | 70 | 122.3 | 6.3 | 53.0 |
| (C3) Electrical & electronic equip., computers, mach. | 92 | 107.9 | 0.0 | –0.7 |
| (C4) Transport equipment | 79 | 104.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| (C5) Other man. products | 441 | 106.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Foreign markets | ||||
| BE:TOTAL INDUSTRY | 1000 | 102.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| CZ: Manufactured prod. | s | 102.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| (C1) Food products, beverages, tobacco | 82 | 107.2 | –0.1 | –0.9 |
| (C2) Coke and refined petroleum products | 25 | 169.3 | 4.0 | 46.3 |
| (C3) Electrical & electronic equip., computers, mach. | 202 | 96.0 | 0.0 | –2.0 |
| (C4) Transport equipment | 211 | 99.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| (C5) Other man. products | s | 102.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| All markets | ||||
| BE:TOTAL INDUSTRY | 1000 | 107.0 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| CZ: Manufactured prod. | s | 105.5 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| (C1) Food products, beverages, tobacco | 154 | 103.2 | –0.1 | –1.4 |
| (C2) Coke and refined petroleum products | 56 | 128.8 | 5.8 | 51.8 |
| (C3) Electrical & electronic equip., computers, mach. | 127 | 101.9 | 0.0 | –1.4 |
| (C4) Transport equipment | 121 | 101.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| (C5) Other man. products | s | 105.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
tableauTableau2 – Import prices of industrial products
| Change en % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levels A 10 and A 17 of nomenclature CPF rev. 2, 2008 | Weight | Apr.10 | In 1 month | In 1 year |
| BE:TOTAL INDUSTRY | 1000 | 109.8 | 1.5 | 7.9 |
| CZ: Manufactured prod. | s | 102.9 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| (C1) Food products, beverages, tobacco | 69 | 112.8 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| (C2) Coke and refined petroleum products | 41 | 125.0 | 4.8 | 46.0 |
| (C3) Electrical & electronic equip., computers, mach. | 210 | 94.2 | –0.1 | –0.9 |
| (C4) Transport equipment | 133 | 100.1 | –0.1 | –1.3 |
| (C5) Other manufactured products | s | 104.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
- r: updated ; nd: non available ; s : confidential
tableauTableau3 – Revision of each index at total industry level
| Jan.10 / Dec.09 | Feb.10 / Jan.10 | Mar.10 / Feb.10 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French producer prices in industry sold on: | |||
| - the French market | // | // | // |
| - the foreign markets | // | // | // |
| - all markets | +0.1 | // | +0.1(1) |
| Import prices of industrial products | –0.1 | // | // |
- (1) Reading note: the evolution of the index between Feb.10 and Mar.10 published last month was equal to +0.5 %. It is updated to +0.6 %; that is to say a revision of +0.1 %.
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