Slovakia industry prices up by double digits in April

Industrial prices for the Slovak domestic market posted a record annual growth of 48.7 percent. The jump came on the back of rising electricity and gas prices of 101.4 percent, the Statistical Office said on Friday. Other sectors saw rises too, by 32.3 percent in mining and quarrying, by 19.6 percent in manufacturing, and 7.1 percent in water supplies and waste management.