Summary
In March 2011, the year-on-year rate of change for the Industrial Production Prices Index was 7.0%, up by 0.6 percentage points from the previous month. The monthly and the annual growth rates stood at 0.9% and at 4.8% (0.8% e 4.5% in February),  respectively. Manufacturing Industry prices increased 7.0% (6.4% in February) on year-on-year terms. Monthly rate stood at 1.1% (1.0% in previous month). The annual growth rate of this section stood at 4.6%, 0.3 percentage points higher than in the previous month.
In the 1st quarter 2011, the year-on-year change rate was 6.4% (4.7% in the 4th quarter 2010).