Industrial Livestock Farms’ PPI Up 52% in Fiscal 2018-19

The Producer Price Index for industrial-scale livestock farms (using 2011 as the base year) stood at 371.18 in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), indicating a 52.48% increase compared with the year before. 
Khuzestan and Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad provinces posted the sharpest growth with 70.62% and 68.76% respectively compared with the year before, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.
The index registered a year-on-year growth of 14.61% and quarter-on-quarter increase of 2.87% to reach 264.06 in the first quarter that ended on June 21, 2018.