UK output price index rose 0.5% in the year to March, compared with a rise of 0.6% in the year to February.

While, factory gate prices rose 0.2% between February and March, compared with a rise of 0.1% between January and February.

Core factory gate prices, which exclude the more volatile food, beverages, tobacco & petroleum products, rose 1% in the year to March, compared with a rise of 1.1% in the year to February.

The overall price of materials and fuels bought by UK manufacturers for processing (total input prices), fell 6.5% in the year to March, compared with a fall of 5.8% in the year to February.

Total input prices fell 0.6% between February and March, compared with a fall of 0.5% between January and February.