SCI Reviews Export/Import Price Index Changes in Q1

The Export Price Index, an indicator measuring the overall change in the prices of exported goods and services, (using the year ending March 2017 as a base year), stood at 625.6 in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20) in rial terms, registering a 28% increase compared with the quarter before and an 88.8% rise compared with the same quarter of the year before.
According to data released by the Statistical Center of Iran, the average EPI during the four-quarter period leading to June 20 witnessed an 84.9% growth year-on-year. 
The three-month period also saw EPI stand at 124 in dollar terms, registering a decrease of 1.2% and 3.4% over the preceding quarter and the corresponding quarter of the year before.