The Wholesale Price Index rose 6.5% in January and the Cost of Construction, 6.2%, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec)
In the last 12 months, wholesale prices increased 100% and the Cost of Construction, 97.9, added the agency.
Thus, INDEC concluded with the dissemination of the Price Indices that began on Tuesday when he realized that in the retail segment an increase of 6% was registered in the first month of the year and 98.8% in the last 12 months.
In the rise of wholesale prices increments were noted 10.2% in Primary products, 5.3% in Manufactured Products, 8.5% in Imported Products and 1.8% in Electric Power.
But between the primary goods The rise of 13% in Agriculture, 7.8% in Crude Oil and Gas, and 5.2% in Non-metallic Minerals stood out, which were offset in statistical terms by a 3.8% drop in fishery products.
Meanwhile, between manufactured, The increases in the Food and Beverages categories stood out, with 4.1%; Refined petroleum, 3.1%; Chemicals, 5.1%; Textiles, 3.7%; Rubber and Plastic, 6.4%; and motor vehicles, 6.6%, among others.
