(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - Production prices in the Eurozone
increased by 0.2% in December and by 0.6% in November, that is
up 2.2% over the year, according to Eurostat.
In the EU-28, the index increased by 0.1% in December, by
0.7% in November. The year-on-year increase was up 2.4%.
In Italy, the index remained stable in December, after
increasing by 0.4% in November, recording a 2.2% increase over
the previous year.
The average industrial prices for 2017, compared to 2016,
increased by 3.1% in EU-19 and by 3.4% in EU-28. The biggest
increases in prices were recorded in Sweden (up 1.2%), Ireland
(up 0.7%), Slovakia (up 0.6%) and Finland(up 0.5%), whereas the
largest declines were recorded in Denmark (down 1%), Lithuania
(down 0.6%) and in Estonia and Romania (down 0.3%). (ANSA).
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