Jan 18 (Reuters) – Producer prices in Canada fell by 1.1% in December from November on lower prices for refined petroleum energy products, as well as softwood lumber, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.
The decline followed a downwardly revised 0.5% decrease November. Raw materials prices were down 3.1% in December, and were up 7.5% on the year.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT PRICES (pct change)
Month-on-month Year-on-year
Dec Nov(rev) Nov(prev) Dec Nov(rev) Nov(prev)
total -1.1 -0.5 -0.4 +7.6 +9.4 +9.7
ex energy/petrol +0.2 0.0 0.0 +4.9 +5.8 +6.0
RAW MATERIALS PRICE INDEX (pct change)
Month-on-month Year-on-year
Dec Nov(rev) Nov(prev) Dec Nov(rev) Nov(prev)
total -3.1 -0.8 -0.8 +7.5 +7.9 +8.0
ex crude energy +1.5 +0.2 +0.4 +0.6 -0.5 -0.4
NOTE: (Reporting by Dale Smith)
