Producer prices in Mining & Quarrying Industry remained flat in December 2025
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administratorHowever, prices in the Manufacturing industry suffers 0.6 per cent decline
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for the Mining & Quarrying industry remained relatively unchanged last month, as the index for the Manufacturing industry suffered a 0.6 per cent contraction.
Both major groups within the Mining & Quarrying industry, ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’ and ‘Other Mining & Quarrying’ registered negligible changes in their respective index, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), which measures the indices for both groups.
The decline in the index for the Manufacturing industry was due to a 4.0 per cent fall in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’. The overall decline in the industry was, however, offset by a 0.2 per cent increase in the index for the heaviest-weighted major group, ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’.
For the period December 2024 – December 2025, the point-to-point index for the Mining & Quarrying industry decreased by 42.8 per cent, due to a decline of 44.4 per cent in the index for the major group ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’. The point-to-point index for the Manufacturing industry increased by 2.4 per cent.
This was due to a 3.3 per cent increase in the index for the major group ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’. However, the industry’s overall increase was tempered by a 2.7 per cent fall in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’.
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