KIEV, April 10 - Industrial prices in Ukraine grew by 3.5% in March while in February they rose by 3.1% and in January they fell by 0.3%, the State Statistics Service said.

The main reason of the increase last month was the rise in the price of metal ore by 10.8%, and the cost of services to supply electricity and gas by 8.7%.

In March 2016 industrial prices rose by 4% and in annual terms as of February 1, 2017 industrial prices growth slowed to 38.3% from 38.9%.