Q2 PPI Inflation at 23.6%

The producer price index in the four-quarter period ending Sept. 21, which marks the end of the second quarter of the current Iranian year, grew by 23.6% compared with the corresponding period of last year.
The index calculated for the period ending June 20, marking the end of Q1 of the current year, had also increased by 23.6%.
The lowest and highest average annual producer inflation rates of 10.9% and 44% were registered for agriculture and mining sectors respectively. 
PPI (using 2011 as the base year) stood at 671.7 in Q2 (June 21-Sept. 21), indicating a 27.2% increase compared with the previous quarter and a 40.7% growth over the same quarter of last year, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.
The lowest quarter-on-quarter producer inflation was registered for agronomy and horticulture with 11.8% and the highest was posted by industries with 37%.