Producer prices fell 1.7 percent in February, Statistics Sweden reports

Excluding energy-related goods, the producer price index fell 3 percent year-on-year.

Compared with January, the producer price index rose 0.2 percent in February. The largest contributors to the increase were higher prices for electricity trade and refined petroleum products.

Domestic market prices for coffee and tea increased by 10 percent in February compared with January, which is the largest monthly increase since April last year.