Published on: 31 July 2017

Industrial producer prices rise by 1.5%

Industrial producer prices as a whole were 1.5% higher in June 2017 than in the same period of the previous year. Domestic output prices increased by 3.2% on average. Within this, the prices of manufacturing, representing a weight of two-thirds, rose by 4.5% and the prices of energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of nearly three-tenths, by 0.2% compared to a year earlier. Industrial non-domestic output prices went up by 0.8% compared to June of the previous year.

In June 2017 compared to June 2016:

Industrial domestic output prices increased by 3.2%. Prices in Hungary rose by 2.6% in energy and intermediate producer branches, by 2.0% in capital goods producer and by 5.6% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were up by 0.8%. Within this, the prices of manufacturing (representing a weight of 95.1%) rose by 0.9%, while the prices of energy industry (having a weight of 4.6%) were cut by 2.4%.

In January–June 2017 compared to January–June 2016:

Domestic output prices increased by 5.5% and non-domestic output prices by 2.1%, so industrial producer prices as a whole were 3.2% higher.

Industrial price indices

(same period of previous year=100.0%)

(%)

Year, month Domestic output Non-domestic output Producer, total
2016 June96.098.197.4
July96.598.397.7
August96.797.497.2
September97.297.597.4
October98.898.798.8
November99.699.599.5
December101.2100.2100.5
2017 January104.3101.2102.2
February107.0102.6104.0
March106.7103.0104.2
April106.8103.4104.4
May104.8101.7102.7
June103.2100.8101.5