Producer Price Inflation measures the changes in the prices of locally produced commodities. The Producer Price Index (PPI) is defined as “A measure of the change in the prices of goods either as they leave their place of production or as they enter the production process.”
◦ Manufactured products
◦ Plastics in Primary Forms
◦ Textiles
◦ Communication equipment
◦ Other manufactured goods
◦ Grain mill products, starches and starch products
◦ Starches and starch products
◦ Computer, electronic and optical products
◦ Measuring, testing and navigating equipment
◦ Communication equipment
◦ Basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys
◦ Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms