Annual SA producer prices for final manufactured rose by 6.4% in May, Stats SA said in a statement on Thursday.
In April, annual prices had risen by 6.5% and in March by 6.2%.
The main contributor to the rise was an increase in the prices of fuel, coal and petroleum prices.
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