RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 (WAFA) - The overall wholesale price index in Palestine during the first quarter of 2023 recorded an increase of 1.00% compared with the fourth quarter of 2022 (2.02% for local products and by 0.63% for imported products), today said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
The changes in WPI for the first quarter of 2023 were traced back to changes in prices of the following division and category compared with the previous quarter:
|
Division and Category during Q1, 2023 |
Percent Change |
|
Wholesale trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles |
+ 1.05% |
|
Wholesale of fruits and vegetables |
+ 9.40% |
|
Wholesale of live animals |
+ 7.65% |
|
Wholesale of waste and scrap and other products n.e.c. |
+ 6.39% |
|
Wholesale trade in tobacco products |
+ 4.42% |
|
Wholesale of construction materials, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies |
+ 2.75% |
|
Wholesale of dairy products and eggs |
+ 1.15% |
|
Wholesale of grains and seeds |
- 9.70% |
|
Wholesale of solid fuels |
- 7.42% |
|
Wholesale of pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical preparations |
- 4.51% |
|
Wholesale of fish, meat and their products |
- 4.25% |
|
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
+ 0.57% |
|
Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories |
+ 33.33% |
|
Sale of motor vehicles |
+ 1.10% |
M.K.
