Statistics: Russian producer price index grows 0.8% in February

MOSCOW, Mar 20 (PRIME) -- The Russian producer price index increased 0.8% on the month and 15.1% on the year in February, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement on Monday.

Natural resource prices rose 5.4% on the month and 17.8% on the year. Prices in the processing industries fell 0.5% on the month and rose 1% on the year.

Electric power and gas supply prices fell 0.2% on the month and 0.7% on the year.

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