Industrial producer prices rise by 3.3%
Industrial producer prices as a whole were 3.3% higher in January 2018 than in the same period of the previous year. Domestic output prices increased by 3.5% on average, within which the prices of manufacturing, representing a weight of six-tenths, rose by 4.2% and the prices of energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of over one-third, by 1.8% compared to a year earlier. Industrial non-domestic output prices went up by 3.2% compared to January of the previous year.
In January 2018 compared to January 2017:
Industrial domestic output prices rose by 3.5%. Prices in Hungary increased by 3.6% in energy and intermediate producer branches, by 3.4% in capital goods producer and by 2.9% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices rose by 3.2%, within which they were up by 3.3% in manufacturing (representing a weight of 96.4%) and by 2.1% in energy industry (having a weight of 3.4%).
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year=100.0%)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 January | 104.3 | 101.2 | 102.2 |
| February | 107.0 | 102.6 | 104.0 |
| March | 106.7 | 103.0 | 104.2 |
| April | 106.8 | 103.4 | 104.4 |
| May | 104.8 | 101.7 | 102.7 |
| June | 103.2 | 100.8 | 101.5 |
| July | 102.2 | 100.8 | 101.2 |
| August | 104.1 | 101.6 | 102.4 |
| September | 104.8 | 103.7 | 104.1 |
| October | 104.5 | 104.4 | 104.5 |
| November | 104.8 | 104.4 | 104.5 |
| December | 103.6 | 104.0 | 103.9 |
| 2018 January | 103.5 | 103.2 | 103.3 |