Q1 Industrial Chicken Farms’ PPI Up 12%

EghtesadOnline: The average Producer Price Index for industrial chicken farms in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20) increased by 16.12% compared with the corresponding quarter of last year.

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13 August 2020

The overall PPI for the sector in spring, which ended on June 20, using 2011 as the base year, stood at 504.81, indicating a 1.24% growth compared with the preceding quarter.

During the four-quarter period ending June 20, PPI increased by 12.85% compared with the similar period of the year before. The index grew 19.36% in the four-quarter period ending March 19.

The highest quarter-on-quarter increase of the index among Iranian provinces during the period was registered for Gilan with 29.14% and the sharpest producer deflation was recorded in Bushehr with 23.34%.

On a year-on-year basis, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province registered the highest increase with 128.06% and Bushehr posted the biggest deflation with 19.27%, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.