Extractive sector accelerates ex-factory price decline in q2 2023

Production costs in industrial businesses operating in Cameroon experienced a 5.2% year-on-year decrease during the second quarter of 2023. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), which has just released its Industrial Producer Price Index (IPPI), “this decrease is primarily driven by extractive industries (-21.4%), metallurgy and metal products manufacturing (-2.5%), paper and cardboard manufacturing and printing industries (-3.0%), and to a lesser extent, agri-food industries (-0.8%)”. The state agency reported that “this is a sign that industrial producer prices in the country are gradually returning to their pre-Russia-Ukrainian crisis level, mainly marked by disruptions in global supply chains”.…