Slightly higher industrial production prices at the end of 2013

In December 2013 domestic industrial production prices rose by 0.5 percent from the level of the previous month. Prices in 2013 were 0.7 percent higher than in 2012. In December 2013 sales prices in the processing industries grew by 0.6 percent if compared with the previous month. Industrial export sales prices augmented by 0.5 percent and sales prices in the processing industry increased by 0.4 percent from the previous month (measured in forint). The forint weakened by 0.9 percent against the euro but strengthened by 0.5 percent against the dollar. Compared with December 2012, industrial export sales prices were up 1.6 percent and sales prices in the processing industry grew by 1.8 percent (measured in forint).