Industrial production rose by 7.3% over the year: what about prices in mining, metallurgy, and food

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As reported, the main factor in price growth in August compared to July was the sphere of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply: +9.4% by July 2025. At the same time, year-on-year, prices for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply increased by 2.5%.

Prices for manufacturing products in August increased by 11.4% year-on-year (month-on-month +0.9%), including in the production of food products, beverages and tobacco products - 19.5% (+1.6%), including meat and meat products - 23.4% (+1.3%), dairy products - 17.7% (+2.4%), bread, bakery and flour products - 15.5% (+0.3%), beverages - 9.7% (unchanged for the month).

In the mining industry and quarrying in August of this year, compared to August 2024, products became more expensive by 5.2% (month-on-month +1.2%), in particular, in the extraction of crude oil and natural gas - by 9.8% (+2.2%), metal ores - by 2% (+0.6%), and in the field of coal mining, prices decreased by 0.7% (-0.5%).

Also, in particular, in the production of chemical substances and chemical products, prices showed an increase of 5.7% (month-on-month +0.1%), motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles - by 5.8% (-0.8%), metallurgical production, production of finished metal products, except machinery and equipment - by 4.8% (+1.7%), computers, electronic and optical products - by 15.4% (+0.2%), basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations - by 9.1% (+0.1%), as well as electrical equipment - by 6.7% (-1.6%), and in the production of coke and refined petroleum products, they decreased by 12.1% (-1.5%).

The data is provided without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of the territories where hostilities are (were) taking place.

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