Industrial producer prices rise by 3.5%
Industrial producer prices as a whole were 3.5% higher in March 2018 than in the same period of the previous year. Domestic output prices increased by 3.3% on average, within which the prices of manufacturing, representing a weight of six-tenths, rose by 3.2% and the prices of energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of over one-third, by 3.7% compared to a year earlier. Industrial non-domestic output prices went up by 3.6% compared to March of the previous year.
In March 2018 compared to March 2017:
Industrial domestic output prices rose by 3.3%. Prices in Hungary increased by 3.8% in energy and intermediate producer branches, by 3.7% in capital goods producer and by 1.8% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices rose by 3.6%, within which they were up by 3.4% in manufacturing (representing a weight of 96.4%) and by 8.2% in energy industry (with a weight of 3.4%).
In January–March 2018 compared to January–March 2017:
Domestic output prices increased by 3.4% and non-domestic output prices by 3.6%, so industrial producer prices as a whole were 3.6% higher.
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year=100.0%)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 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 |
| February | 103.5 | 104.0 | 103.9 |
| March | 103.3 | 103.6 | 103.5 |