Export and import price indices - October 2017
Annual terms of trade improved for the first time in twelve months
In October 2017, export prices decreased by 0.6%, import prices fell 0.5%, the terms of trade figures reached 99.9%, month-on-month. Export prices dropped 1.7%, import prices declined 2.2%, the terms of trade reached 100.5%, year-on-year.
Month-on-month comparison:
Exports: export prices declined 0.6% in October (+0.1% in September). The change of the total m-o-m export price index was led mainly by a 0.8% price decrease in ‘machinery and transport equipment’. Biggest price drop was registered in ‘food and live animals’ (-1.2%), ‘miscellaneous manufactured articles’ (-1.1%), and ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ (-1.0%). Prices rose only in ‘mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials’ (+1.9%, mainly coal).
The terms of trade increased to the value of 99.9% (99.8% in September), nevertheless they were still worsening. Negative values of terms of trade were reached in ‘miscellaneous manufactured articles’ (99.3%), ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ (99.5%), and ‘machinery and transport equipment’ (99.9%). Significant positive values of terms of trade were reached by prices of ‘crude materials, inedible, except fuels’ and ‘mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials’ (101.0% for both of them).
Imports: import prices decreased by 2.2% after a 0.8% decline in September. The fall of the total annual import price index was primarily driven by a 5.4% drop in ‘machinery and transport equipment’. Prices also fell in ‘miscellaneous manufactured articles’ (-4.2%) and in ‘chemicals and related products’ (-1.0%). Biggest price growth was reported in ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ (+3.5%), ‘mineral fuels, lubricants, and related products’ (+1.6%), and ‘crude materials, inedible, except fuels’ (+1.3%).
The terms of trade figures increased to the value of 100.5% (99.9% in September) switching to the positive values for the first time in twelve months. Among significant groups, positive values were reached by prices of ‘mineral fuels, lubricants, and related products’ (104.2%), ‘machinery and transport equipment‘ (101.8%), and ‘miscellaneous manufactured articles’ (100.6%). Only ‘manufactured goods classified chiefly by material’ and ‘chemicals and related products’ reached negative values of terms of trade – 97.7% and 99.8%, respectively.
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Method of data collection: Selective survey of the CZSO
End of data collection: 16th calendar day after the reference month
Related publications: 013014-17 Import and Export Price Indices in the Czech Republic https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/export-and-import-price-indices
Specific methodical notes: The data released are final.
Next News Release: 16 January 2018
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