There was some mixed movement in producer prices last month as reported by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).

Jamaica’s producer price index (PPI) for the mining and quarrying industry increased by 0.2 per cent, while the index for the manufacturing industry declined by 0.1 per cent.

The increase recorded in the mining and quarrying industry was driven by a 0.2 per cent rise in the index for the major group ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’.

For the period August 2024 – August 2025, the point-to-point index for mining and quarrying went down by 6.6 per cent. This was mainly due to a decline of 7.5 per cent in the index for the major group ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’.

The point-to-point index for the manufacturing industry went up by 1.9 per cent.

This was due to a 3.1 per cent increase in the index for the major group ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’. The industry’s overall increase was, however, tempered 5.7 per cent fall in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’.

The main contributors to the 1.4 per cent decrease in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’. However, tempered by a 0.2 per cent increase in the index for the major group ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’.