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TIRANA, June 19–Albania’s producer price index (PPI) rose by an annual 0.9% in the first quarter of 2009 but fell 2.1% as compared to the last quarter of 2008, figures of the country’s statistics office, INSTAT, showed.
In the fourth quarter of 2008 Albania’s PPI was 4.3% higher on the year and 0.6% lower on the quarter.
The index measured 108.8 points in the first quarter, compared to a 100-points baseline set in 2005, and to 111.1 points in the fourth quarter.
First quarter 2009 PPI
Q/Q 08/09
Total -2.1 +0.9
Mining -0.6 +5.1
Processing +0.1 +0.6
Utilities +0.4 +0.6
