The High Commission for Planning reported that the price index at production for the “manufacturing industries excluding petroleum refining” sector recorded a decrease of 0.1 percent in August compared to July.

According to the High Commission’s newsletter on the price index at industrial, energy, and mining production for August 2025, this decline was mainly due to price drops of 0.2 percent in “food industries,” 0.6 percent in “clothing manufacturing,” and 0.5 percent in the “mining” sector, while prices increased by 1.5 percent in “machinery and equipment manufacturing.”

As for the price indices at production for the sectors of “extractive industries,” “electricity production and distribution,” and “water production and distribution,” they remained stable during August 2025.