The PPI for the third quarter of the year 2015 (July - September ) recorded an increase from 103.6 points to 111.6 points .
The main drivers of the increase in price of the Third Quarter of the year 2015 as shown in Table 2, were Mining of metal ores (40.3%), Utilities (30.6%), Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (15.3%) and Manufacture of rubber and plastics products(4.4%). On the other hand other mining and quarrying recorded the decreases of
(-2.2 %) while Manufacture of beverages decreases by (-1.4%) and Manufacture of food products recorded a decrease of (-1.3%) when compared with the second quarter of the year 2015.