"Figure 6: The manufacturing industry continued to report the largest percentage of currently trading businesses reporting an increase in prices bought, at 73% ","" "Prices bought and sold have increased, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 21 February to 20 March 2022 ","" "","" "Notes","1. For presentational purposes, response options have been removed. 2. “Mining and quarrying”, “water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” and “education (private sector and higher education businesses only)” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “all industries”. 3. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period. However, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire." "Unit","%" "","" "Industries","Prices bought increased","Prices sold increased" "Manufacturing","72.9","43.4" "Transportation and storage","65.3","17.7" "Accommodation and food service activities","64","27.5" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","59.6","30.9" "Construction","54.8","20.8" "Other service activities","53.1","17.9" "Arts entertainment and recreation","37.2","14.8" "Administrative and support service activities","34.4","9.7" "Real estate activities","34.1","11.5" "Professional scientific and technical activities","30.5","5.9" "Human health and social work activities","26.8","2" "Information and communication","25.4","6" "All industries","47.4","18.2"