Producer prices of industrial products increased by 2.4% in April 2023, and by 5% since the beginning of the year. This was reported by Rosstat.
In April, prices for antimony concentrates increased by 48.8% in the extraction of minerals supplied to the domestic market, liquefied and regasified natural gas increased by 29.1%, natural gas (natural gas) - by 18.8%, refractory clays - by 16.1%, iron ore blast furnace agglomerate - by 15.5%, ores and concentrates of other non-ferrous metals not included in other groupings - by 15.3%, raw iron ore - by 12.8%, iron ore concentrate - by 12.3%.
In the manufacturing industries, a significant increase in prices was noted for certain types of petroleum products and coke: for propane and butane liquefied - by 28.2%, automobile gasoline AI-98 and above - by 27.9%, light distillates not included in other groupings - by 25.5%, heating oil - by 23.2%, bitumen oil construction - by 21.4%, coke and semi-coke from coal - by 17.2%, road oil bitumen - by 16.9%, gas oil - by 13.7%, automobile gasoline from AI-96 to AI-98 - by 12.3%.
In metallurgical production, prices for untreated cobalt increased by 13.9%, copper pipes, tubes and fittings for pipes and tubes - by 12.5%, untreated aluminum - by 10.8%.
