Ammon News - The general wholesale price index rose by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2025, reaching 108.74 points compared to 107.56 points in the same period of 2024, according to the Department of Statistics’ quarterly report released Sunday.

The increase was primarily driven by a 2.98 percent rise in the prices of motor vehicles, their parts, and motorcycles; a 1.82 percent increase in agricultural raw materials, grains, food, beverages, and tobacco; and a 0.66 percent rise in textiles, clothing, personal and household goods.

Conversely, the report noted a 0.55 percent decline in the prices of machinery and equipment, and a 0.16 percent drop in fuel, metals, construction materials, and their supplies.

On a quarterly basis, the wholesale price index also rose by 0.51 percent in Q1 2025 compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, when it stood at 108.19 points.

The main contributors to the quarterly increase were motor vehicles and parts (up 1.58 percent), agricultural and food-related products (up 1.01 percent), and machinery and equipment (up 0.79 percent). Meanwhile, prices declined for textiles, clothing, and household goods (down 0.75 percent) and for fuel and construction-related materials (down 0.21 percent). Petra