Mixed Movements in PPI for 2025

• Producer prices in Jamaica showed mixed movements in December 2025, with relatively stable conditions in Mining & Quarrying and a slight decline in Manufacturing. For December 2025, the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the Mining & Quarrying industry remained relatively unchanged. In contrast, the index for the Manufacturing industry declined by 0.6%, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN).
• Both major groups within the Mining & Quarrying industry, ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’ and ‘Other Mining & Quarrying’, registered negligible changes in their respective index.
• The decline in the index for the Manufacturing industry was driven by a 4.0% fall in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’. The overall decline in the industry was, however, offset by a 0.2% increase in the index for the heaviest-weighted major group ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’.
• For the period December 2024 – December 2025, the point-to-point (P2P) index for the Mining & Quarrying industry decreased by 42.8%. This was due to a decline of 44.4% in the index for the major group ‘Bauxite Mining & Alumina Processing’.
• Meanwhile, the P2P index for the Manufacturing industry increased by 2.4%. This was due to a 3.3% increase in the index for the major group ‘Food, Beverages & Tobacco’. The industry’s overall increase was tempered by a 2.7% decline in the index for the major group ‘Refined Petroleum Products’.

(Sources: STATIN & NCBCM Research)