5.46% rise in the general wholesale trade price index for 2022 compared to 2021

Al-Anbat - Dema Hina

The Department of Statistics released its annual report on wholesale trade prices for 2022, reaching 104.24 compared to 98.84 for 2021, marking a rise of 5.46%.

This resulted from an increase in the prices of "selling fuel, metals, construction materials, and supplies” group by 11.32%, the prices of "trading agricultural raw materials, grains, food, beverages, and tobacco” by 3.48%, and the prices of "selling motor vehicles and their parts and motorcycles” group by 4.63%. The prices of "selling machinery, equipment and supplies” group increased by 6.13%, and the prices of "selling textiles, clothing, personal and household goods” group increased by 2.68%.

The report also indicates an increase in the general wholesale trade price index for the fourth quarter of 2022, reaching 105.06%, compared to 100.55% during the same period in 2021, recording an increase of 4.49% , this resulted from the 6.88% rise in the prices of the "sale of motor vehicles, parts and motorcycles” group, the prices of the "trade in agricultural raw materials, grains, food, beverages and tobacco” group by 3.24%, the prices of the "sale of fuel, metals, construction materials and supplies” group by 5.09%, the prices of the "trade in machinery, equipment and supplies” by 6.06%, and the prices of the group "sale of textiles, clothing, personal and household goods” at 2.25%.