Factory gate prices (output prices) for goods produced by UK manufacturers fell 1.0% in the year to January, compared with a fall of 1.4% in the year to December 2015.
Core factory gate prices, which exclude the more volatile food, beverage, tobacco and petroleum products, showed no movement in the year to January 2016, compared with an increase of 0.1% in the year to December 2015.
The overall price of materials and fuels bought by UK manufacturers for processing (total input prices) fell 7.6% in the year to January 2016, compared with a fall of 10.4% in the year to December 2015.
Core input prices, which exclude purchases from the more volatile food, beverage, tobacco and petroleum industries, fell 4.7% in the year to January 2016, compared with a fall of 6.7% in the year to December 2015.
