Production prices rise in Kosovo

Kosovo's Statistics Agency has published the production price index for the first quarter of this year, which is said to have risen to an average of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the first quarter of 2018. There was a drop by -0.4 percent, compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.

According to the AKS, larger declines according to the branches of economic activities are noted at the extraction of metal xah -8.8%, electricity, gas, steam and air-contamination supply -2.7%, skin production and products from it -1.6%, collection, water treatment and supply -1.5%, electricity production -1.4%, paper production and products from it -0.6%, production of machinery and pk equipment. -0.1%.

“Renya was neutralised with the raising of prices to: processing food products 2.6%; production of manufactured metal products, in addition to machinery and equipment 2.5%; furniture production 1.8%; surfaces and other quarries 1.4%; production of wood and timber and cork products, besides furniture: production of items from paper and interlocked materials .0.3%; production of chemical products 0.2%; production of rubber and plastic products and 0.1%; and production of alcohol.1%. Meanwhile, compare TM1 2019, with TM1 2018, production prices in Kosovo rose to an average of 1.8%. Larger upgrades are noted in: the production of non-metal minerals (6.0%); processing food products 5.7%; the production of machinery and equipment p.k.t. (4.6%); the production of furniture 4.2%; electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (2.4%); the production of beer and plastic products (1.2%); the production of metals (1.2%; the production of paper and products of it (06%); and xherores and other stones (0%). The upgrade was neutralised with the fall of prices of: metal ore production (16.0%); production of electrical equipment (-8.4%); production of chemical products (-2.6%); production of wood and timber and cork products, except for furniture: production of items from tars and interlocked materials (-1.8%); collecting, water supply (-1.5%); production of skin and leather products (-1.4%); and production of motor vehicles (s), trailers, and semichirkings, and half-au.5%>