Agriculture PPI Inflation Reaches 65.8 Percent in Q1

The Producer Price Index for the agriculture sector (agronomy, horticulture and traditional husbandry) in the four-quarter period to June 21, which marks the end of the first quarter of the current Iranian year, increased by 65.8% compared with the year before, new data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show.
The center had put producer inflation of the four-quarter period leading to March 20 (Q4) at 66%. 
The overall PPI of this group (using the year ending March 2017 as the new base year) stood at 728.4 in Q1, indicating a 66.2% increase compared with the same quarter of the year before.