KIEV, Jan. 8 – Industrial prices in Ukraine fell by 1.5% in December, while they have grown by 0.3% since early 2012, the State Statistics Service reported.

The prices of the mining industry were down by 0.6% in December.

The prices of mineral resources extraction in December fell by 1.4%, including a 1.8% fall in coal extraction, enrichment and agglomeration, and a 0.8% decline in oil extraction. The prices of mineral resources extraction, apart from fuel and energy, grew by 0.4%.

In the processing industry prices did not change.