Bulgaria Producer Prices Decline on Annual Basis

Prices in the manufacturing sector dropped 3.5% in September, data released by the National Statistical Institute showed on Wednesday. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's industrial producer prices marked a negligible decline in September over the previous month, but fell tangibly on an annual basis, official data shows.

The overall producer price index fell 4.2% year-on-year, with prices in the manufacturing sector dropping 3.5%, data released by the National Statistical Institute showed on Wednesday.

The sharpest fall – more than 10.4% - was registered in the mining and quarrying sector.

In the domestic market, producer prices decreased 3.5 percent annually and 0.2 percent from the previous month.