Industrial Production Prices Index year-on-year change rate changed from -4.0% in December to -3.0% in January. Excluding the Energy grouping, the variation was null (-0.7% in December). The monthly change rate of the total index was 2.2% (1.1% in the same month of 2020).
Despite the circumstances determined by the pandemic COVID-19, Statistics Portugal calls for the best collaboration by companies, families and public entities in responding to Statistics Portugal’s data requests. The quality of official statistics, particularly its ability to identify the impacts of the pandemic COVID-19, crucially depends on this collaboration, which Statistics Portugal thanks in advance.