Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In August, 2013, the producer prices of industrial products in Azerbaijan rose 2.6% compared to a month earlier, declined 4.9% compared to a year earlier.
State Statistical Committee says the producer prices in mining sector on metal ores dropped 6.6%, stone, sand, gravel, salt and other mining industry products – 1.0%, crude oil and natural gas – went up 2.9%.
Producer prices on metallurgy industry in processing sector slipped 1.1%, skin and shoes – 0.5%, clothes and chemical industry – 0.4%, production of finished products except machinery and equipments and weaving - 0.3%, furniture – 0.1%. Producer prices on construction materials rose 2.7%, rubber and plastic – 2.5%, wood processing and wood production – 1.5%, oil production – 1.1%, food products – 0.4% and etc.