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Provisional
Statistics of Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for Manufacturing Industries for the First
Quarter of 2004
According to statistics released by
the Census and Statistics Department on 17th Jun, comparing
the first quarter of 2004 with a year earlier, the paper
products and printing industry show decrease in indices
of industrial production (-5.5%) and in producer
price indices (-0.4%).
Indices of industrial
production
Indices of industrial production reflect
changes in the volume of local manufacturing output
after discounting the effect of price changes. The price
changes are measured by the producer price indices for
manufacturing industries compiled from data on producer
prices of industrial goods/services collected from the
same survey.
Producer price
indices
Producer price indices reflect the prices
of local manufacturing output. They measure the actual
prices (net of any discounts or rebates allowed to buyers,
plus any surcharges) received by manufacturers. Transportation
and other incidental charges are not included.
Source: Census
& Statistics Department |