"Figure 4: More than a third (35%) of trading businesses reported an increase in the prices of goods or services bought in April 2023 compared with March 2023","" "Prices bought and sold increased, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 1 to 30 April 2023","" "","" "Notes","1. For presentational purposes response options have been removed. 2. “Mining and quarrying” and “Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”." "Unit","%" "","" "Industries","Prices bought increased","Prices sold increased" "Accommodation and food service activities","68.1","32.3" "Other service activities","50.1","40.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","43.3","27.1" "Construction","36.3","10.5" "Manufacturing","35.8","15.3" "Arts entertainment and recreation","34.5","16.5" "Real estate activities","29.7","*" "Professional scientific and technical activities","28.8","11.8" "Administrative and support service activities","27.8","12.5" "Human health and social work activities","26.0","3.1" "Education","24.6","2.1" "Transportation and storage","23.9","9.0" "Information and communication","17.0","8.6" "All industries","35.4","16.2"