22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products (2018Q4 = 100)
PPI. Index, monthly.
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Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Movements of PPI
Macro Lab · LK.CPI.PPI_M.2018Q4.22_MANUFACTURE_OF_RUBBER_AND_PLASTICS_PRODUCTS.M · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Index
- Base year 2015
- Date range Jan 2014 – Aug 2026
- Last checked 30 Sep 2026
Checks: 1 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- PPI: 22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products (2018Q4 = 100)
- Base year
- 2015
- Read from
- DCS Producer Price Index movements (Department of Census and Statistics)
- Source page
- https://www.statistics.gov.lk/InflationAndPrices/PPI
- Notes
- DCS monthly Producer Price Index by ISIC activity. Periods are column position from the January 2014 start column, not the workbook's own (partly mis-dated) header cells - see module docstring.
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Vintages
One vintage so far, published 30 Sep 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
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Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- A true readingMar 2022
The value moves 39% in one period, from 149 to 206.5, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 149.021 and 206.5, difference 38.6.
moves 39% from 2022-02-01, 25 deviations outside this series' own normal; check the source
+39% in 2022-03: the month of the LKR float/devaluation (roughly 45% within days) - a real crisis-driven cost shock for an import-input-heavy sector.