Factory gate prices climb in 2025MANILA, Philippines — Producer prices increased in 2025, following a decline in the previous year, due mainly to higher prices of petroleum products, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). PPI tracks the change over time in factory gate prices relative to a base period. The December 2025 PPI growth also improved from the 0.1-percent dip in the same month in 2024. Driving the higher December 2025 PPI growth was the computer, electronic and optical productsindustry division, which saw a 1.4-percent uptick from a 0.6-percent decline in November 2025. Of the remaining 19 industry divisions, 10 registered increases in factory gate prices in December last year.

Source: Philippine Star January 30, 2026 16:45 UTC