Mining and Quarrying drives modest rise in Ghana’s producer inflation
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) increased marginally from 1.3% in November 2025 to 1.9% in December 2025, representing a 0.6 percentage point rise.
Fresh data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that the increase was largely driven by a significant rise in the Mining and Quarrying sector, the heaviest component of the index with a weight of 43.7%.
Producer inflation in the sector rose from 2.3% in November 2025 to 3.3% in December 2025, marking a 1 percentage point increase.
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The Manufacturing sector, which accounts for 35% of the PPI basket, recorded a decline from 0.5% in November 2025 to 0.1% in December 2025, shedding 0.4 percentage points.
Meanwhile, the Transport and Storage subsector continued to post negative inflation, improving slightly from -10.2% in November 2025 to -3.7% in December 2025.
The GSS urged businesses to improve cost efficiency and productivity to sustain operations amid mixed sectoral price pressures.
It also called on the government to reduce structural production costs by strengthening energy supply, transport infrastructure, and logistics systems.
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Source:
www.ghanaweb.com
