The producer price indices along with consumer price index shall identify inflation rate, which reflect on the average changes in consumer and producer prices, also used to reduce the inflation in the GDP estimates at constant prices that enable economists to assess the economy in a time series.

Accordingly, the  Producer  Price  Index  (PPI)  is  one  of  the  important  indicators that provide research and economic studies by measuring the average changes in the prices received by producers for their products that are exported or sold on the domestic market. Currently, Producer Price Index covers products in all manufacturing sector, mining and quarrying, and electricity and water industries.