Producer Price Indices First Quarter 2020

Abstract

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the first quarter of 2020. The price changes are measured from the perspective of the producer. The prices are collected as at 15th February, 15th May, 15th August and 15th November of the year. These dates correspond to the first, second, third and fourth quarters of the year, respectively.

The Producer Price Indices are grouped according to the International Standards of Industrial Classifications of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Rev 4. Weights have been revised based on the Census of Industrial Production (CIP) carried out in 2018.

Figure 1 shows the Producer Price Index (PPI) for first quarter from 2017 to 2020. As shown in the Figure 1, the first quarter year on year overall producer inflation was highest in the first quarter 2017 at 3.38 and lowest in first quarter 2019 at negative 0.19 per cent. The producer price index for the first quarter 2020 was 1.07 per cent.