Taiwan - Changement des prix à la production

Wholesale prices in Taiwan fell 5.04 percent year-on-year in November of 2019, following a revised 6.31 percent decrease in the previous month. Cost dropped at a softer pace for manufacturing (-5.00 percent vs -5.84 percent in October); mining & quarrying (-10.93 percent vs -18.22 percent) while agriculture, forestry and fishing cost advanced faster (3.85 percent vs 1.44 percent). On the other hand, water, electricity and gas supply prices continued to fall (-2.69 percent vs -2.33 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices went down 0.79 percent, after decreasing 1.61 percent in the previous month.

The wholesale price index in Taiwan went down 6.21 percent year-on-year in October of 2019, following a 4.53 percent decline in September. It is the biggest drop in the index since December of 2015. Prices fell mainly for petroleum and coal products (-19.96 percent); quarrying and mining products (-17.78 percent); chemical material, other chemical products and pharmaceuticals (-14.47 percent); electronic parts and components (-3.92 percent).

Taiwan's wholesale price index dropped 4.53 from a year earlier in September 2019, following a revised 3.50 percent decline in the previous month, with downward pressure coming from quarrying and mining products (-11.26 percent vs -8.46 percent); manufacturing products (-4.41 percent vs -3.52 percent); and water, electricity & gas supply (-0.96 percent vs -0.04 percent). Meanwhile, cost for agriculture, forestry, fishing & animal husbandry products continued to rise (2.62 percent vs 3.93 percent).

Wholesale prices in Taiwan fell 3.44 percent year-on-year in August of 2019, unchanged from the previous month. It was the largest decline in wholesale prices since September of 2016, as cost fell for manufacturing (-3.53 percent vs -3.71 percent in July); mining & quarrying (-7.46 percent vs -3.23 percent) and for water, electricity and gas supply (-0.04 percent vs 1.13 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices rose 0.49 percent, after decreasing 0.62 percent in July.

Wholesale prices in Taiwan fell 3.42 percent year-on-year in July of 2019, after an upwardly revised 2.07 percent fall in the previous month. It was the largest decline in wholesale prices since September of 2016, as cost fell further for manufacturing (-3.68 percent vs -2.44 percent in June) and mining & quarrying (3.50 percent vs -1.47 percent). In addition, water, electricity & gas cost slowed (1.13 percent vs 1.83 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices went down 0.55 percent, after decreasing 0.83 percent in June.

Wholesale prices in Taiwan fell 1.93 percent year-on-year in June of 2019, after an upwardly revised 0.37 percent fall in the previous month. It was the largest decline in wholesale prices since September of 2016, as cost fell further for manufacturing (-2.25 percent from -0.94 percent). Also, prices dropped for mining & quarrying (-2.26 percent from 4.16 percent) and slowed for water, electricity & gas supply (1.83 percent from 2.89 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices went down 0.73 percent in June.