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Lauri Veski, team lead of consumer price statistics at Statistics Estonia, said that preliminary data from the harmonised index of consumer prices indicate that prices have risen across almost all categories of goods and services compared with March 2024. “Clothing and footwear are again the only exception, as their prices were down by 3.6%,” noted Veski. The consumer price index uses weights reflecting the average expenditure structure of Estonian residents, while the harmonised index of consumer prices also takes into account tourists and is comparable to the international HICP. The consumer

The consumer price index uses weights reflecting the average expenditure structure of Estonian residents, while the harmonised index of consumer prices also takes into account the expenditures of tourists and is comparable to the international HICP. “We have not yet received all the data, but we can say that the index for March was influenced the most by the decreased prices of electricity and food products and by the increase in fuel prices,” said Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia. The consumer price index data for March will be published by

Eveli Šokman, team lead of producer price statistics at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared with February 2024, the producer price index was most affected by price increases in electricity production, in the manufacture of wood and wood products, and the manufacture of food products. “Falling prices in the manufacture of fabricated metal products, paper and paper products, and furniture had the opposite effect on the index. Producer prices increased by 2.3% in manufacturing as a whole and by 2.9% in the manufacture of food products,” Šokman added. Compared with January, the producer price

The consumer price index uses weights reflecting the average expenditure structure of Estonian residents, while the harmonised index of consumer prices also takes into account the expenditures of tourists and is comparable to the international HICP. “According to the initial estimate, the index was mainly influenced by the decrease in the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages as well as clothing and footwear – both month on month and year on year,” said Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia. The consumer price index data for June will be

The consumer price index uses weights reflecting the average expenditure structure of Estonian residents, while the harmonised index of consumer prices also takes into account the expenditures of tourists and is comparable to the international HICP. “According to the initial estimate, the increase in the index in April was mainly due to the high prices of diesel fuel and petrol, which have risen due to the armed conflicts in the Middle East,” said Lauri Veski, the Consumer Price Statistics Service Manager at Statistics Estonia. The consumer price index data for April will be published by