<Anchor>
The producer price index in June hit an all-time high again.
Producer prices usually affect consumer prices in a few months, so prices are likely to rise further in the future.
By Kim Jung-woo, staff reporter.
<Reporter> This
is a window manufacturing company located in Paju, Gyeonggi-do.
We have been processing aluminum imported from other countries and supplying it to construction sites for nearly 30 years.
However, these days, the price of oil and atomic ash are rising at the same time, and the delivery price cannot be raised that much, so I am sleeping through the night.
[Lee Mong-yong / Managing Director of window manufacturing company: Aluminum was 3,500 won per kg last year, but now it is about 7,000 won.
Due to the high oil prices, freight rates have also risen considerably.
I have been in this industry for 28 years, and it has never been like this before.]
As production cost pressure grows, the producer price index, which counts the prices at which producers put goods and services on the market, has been rising for the sixth month in a row.
Last month, it once again broke the all-time high of 120.04, an increase of 9.9% from a year earlier.
Enlarging an image
By item, diesel and gasoline rose by around 10% from a month ago, leading the uptrend, and livestock and marine products also rose.
Producer prices usually affect consumer prices after one to three months.
[Kim Dae-jong/Professor of Business Administration at Sejong University: Because Korea is a country that imports 100% of energy, the exchange rate and oil prices continue to rise, so the price of Korea is bound to rise.] The
government has 0% tariff on imported beef and chicken. Although they are struggling to stabilize prices by applying the
(Video editing: Choi Hye-young, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)