HELSINKI (dpa-AFX) - Finland's producer prices increased at the slowest pace in seven months in November, data from Statistics Finland showed on Friday.
Producer prices rose 4.7 percent annually in November, after a rise of 5.8 percent in October, which was lowest since April.
The increase in the producer prices for manufactured goods was due to a rise in prices of pulp, paper, paperboard and cardboard, oil products and electricity.
On a month-on-month basis, producer prices fell 0.3 percent in November, which was the first fall since June 2017, after a rise of 0.3 percent in October.
Data showed that the export price index rose by 4.5 percent annually and import prices by 3.7 percent. On a monthly basis, export prices were down 0.8 percent and import prices by 2.2 percent.
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