Amman, Jan 11 (Petra)- The Department of Statistics issued its monthly report on the general industrial producer price index, which showed a decline in industrial producer prices during the first 11 months of last year by 0.70% (less than one percentage point) compared with the same period of 2024.
On a monthly basis, the general industrial producer price index fell by 0.69% in November compared with the same month of 2024, while it rose by 0.57% compared with the previous month of the same year, noting that the base year is 2018 = 100.
Accordingly, the industrial producer price index for the first 11 months of 2025 stood at 106.46 points, compared with 107.20 for the same period of 2024. On a monthly level, the index for November 2025 reached 105.80, compared with 106.54 for the same month of 2024.
The industrial producer price index for November 2025 also recorded 105.80, compared with 105.20 in the previous month of the same year.
Comparing the cumulative index for the first 11 months of 2025 with the same period of 2024, prices of manufacturing industries fell by 0.95%, which carries a relative importance of 88.74%, while prices of extractive industries rose by 2.19%, with a relative importance of 5.36%, and electricity prices increased by 0.59%, with a relative importance of 5.91%.
On a commodity basis, the decline in the index for November 2025 compared with the same month of 2024 was driven by a 1.03% fall in prices of manufacturing industries, which have a relative importance of 88.74%, and a 2.43% drop in electricity prices, which have a relative importance of 5.91%, while prices of extractive industries rose by 7.16%, with a relative importance of 5.36%.
On a month-on-month basis, the general industrial producer price index for November 2025 increased compared with the previous month as a result of a 0.40% rise in prices of manufacturing industries, which have a relative importance of 88.74%, and a 4.34% increase in prices of extractive industries, which have a relative importance of 5.36%, while electricity prices fell by 0.27%, with a relative importance of 5.91%.
//Petra// AF
