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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Inflation rises by 7.5 per cent in first quarter

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MUSCAT: The Sultanate’s producer price index (PPI) based inflation rose by 7.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period of last year due to a surge in oil and gas prices, according to the latest statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).


The price of oil and gas products increased by 9.5 per cent, while those of non-oil products fell by 1.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, over the same period of last year. Among oil and gas group, prices of crude oil and natural gas rose by 11.5 per cent, while prices of refined oil products fell by 1.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period of the previous year.


cent, respectively. Among different sub-groups in the manufacturing group, the prices of most of the product groups fell at varying degrees. The producer prices of the food, beverages and textiles products group increased by 2 per cent, whereas transportable goods fell by 4.9 per cent. In the food, beverages and textiles products group, the price of beverages rose by 14.8 per cent, bakery and other food products by 2.2 per cent, whereas there was a decline in fish, fruits, vegetables and oils by 4.1 per cent, clothing, textiles and footwear by 2 per cent, and dairy products by 1.1 per cent, added the NCSI report.

The price of paints and pharmaceutical products rose by 2.4 per cent, rubber and plastic products by 2.2 per cent and wood and paper products by 0.9 per cent, whereas a decline was witnessed in the prices of chemical products by 10.8 per cent; glass, cement and marble products by 3.5 per cent; and furniture products, jewellery and iron products by 0.6 per cent, the NCSI bulletin showed. The price index of metal products, machinery and equipment in the first quarter of 2019 showed no change compared to the same period of 2018. There was a growth in prices of distribution and delivery of electricity apparatus, recording tapes and CDs by 6.9 per cent, and prices of fabricated products of steel or aluminium by 1.8 per cent. Whereas prices of raw products of steel or aluminium fell by 7.1 per cent. — ONA


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