Producers in the Manufacturing industry rose prices by an average of 2.6% in April 2026 while those in the Mining & Quarrying industry inched up their prices by 0.6%.

In the Manufacturing industry, the upward movement was primarily influenced by increases in the index for the major groups: ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’ (0.2%) and ‘Refined Petroleum Products’ (11.7%). 

The marginal rise in the Mining & Quarrying industry was mainly due to a 0.7 % increase in the index for the major group, ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’. For the period April 2025 – April 2026, the point-to-point index for the Mining & Quarrying industry decreased by 7.1 %. 

This decrease was largely attributed to a 7.5 % fall in the index for the major group ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’. Over the same period, the point-to-point index for the Manufacturing industry increased by 8.2 %.

This was driven mainly by upward movements in the index for the major groups ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’ (3.1%) and ‘Refined Petroleum Products’