Johannesburg - South Africa's headline producer inflation was at 5.7% year-on-year in March compared with 5.4% in February, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
Effective from the January 2013 data, Stats SA releases PPI as five industry-specific producer price indices, with final manufactured goods representing the headline number.
The other four indices are agriculture,
forestry and fishing; mining and quarrying; electricity and water; and
intermediate manufactured goods.