The index of wholesale prices registered a rise by 0.2% in February 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 due to changes in the main sections consisting index for wholesale prices. In its monthly report to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI) made clear that a number of the main sections consisting the index for wholesale prices rose last February topped by the sector of food and live animals by (2.5%); followed by the sectors of beverages and tobacco, and animal and vegetable oils and fats by (1.5 )% each; then the sector of miscellaneous manufactured goods by (0.5%) and the sector of raw materials except fuels by (0.1%). The CDSI further said in its report that it is on the contrary, other sections registered a decrease in last February topped by the sector of other goods by (6.2%); the sector of machinery and transport equipment (2.4%); the sector of manufactured goods classified by material by (1.0%) and the sector of chemicals and related products (0.2%), while the sector of mineral fuels and related products remained at the level of its previous index without any change. It disclosed that the general index of wholesale prices reached in last February (158.9 points), compared to (159.4) in January, indicating a decline in February's index by 0.3% compared to January's index. The CDSI attributed these changes witnessed by main sections consisting the wholesale prices' index, noting that the sector of chemicals and related products topped the decreased sections by (1.5%); the sector of miscellaneous manufactured goods by (1.3%), and the sector of food and live animals by (0.4%). The report pointed out that the two sectors of beverage and tobacco, and animal and vegetable oils and fats ranked first by (0.5%) among the sections witnessed a rise; followed by the sector of raw materials except fuels increased by (0.3%), and the sector of other goods by (0.2%), while the two sectors of manufactured goods classified by material and machinery and transport equipment increased by (0.1%) each. The sector of mineral fuels and related products remained at the level of its previous benchmark index without any change.
