Published on: 28 October 2022

Industrial producer prices up by 42.7% in September 2022 compared to one year earlier and by 1.8% compared to previous month

Industrial producer prices rose by 42.7% on average in September 2022 compared to one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 66.2% and non-domestic output prices 30.7% higher. The higher rate of increase in domestic output prices was owing to the larger proportion of the energy industry there, where a significant price rise occurred. In addition to the steep rise in energy prices, the rise in base material prices and the weakening of the forint also had a price-raising effect. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices increased by 2.5%, non-domestic prices by 1.5% and industrial producer prices as a whole by 1.8%.

In September 2022 compared to September 2021:

Domestic output prices were 66.2% higher on average, within which they rose by 39.5% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 62%, and by 137% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 33%.

Prices in Hungary went up by 90.0% in energy and intermediate producer branches together, by 18.5% in capital goods producer and by 35.9% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were 30.7% higher, within which the price rise was 26.3% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 96%, and – owing to a drastic increase in world market prices – 168% in the energy industry, with a weight of 3.8%.

In January–September 2022 compared to January–September 2021:

Domestic output prices rose by 47.4%, non-domestic output prices by 24.6% and industrial producer prices as a whole by 32.3%.

Industrial price indices

(same period of previous year = 100.0)

(%)

Year, month Domestic output Non-domestic output Producer price index, total
2021 September120.1110.9114.0
October126.6114.3118.5
November131.2116.8121.6
December131.4117.6122.3
2022 January135.7115.5122.3
February135.6115.7122.4
March139.4119.0125.9
April142.6121.8128.8
May143.3126.7132.3
June144.6130.1135.0
July152.7130.4137.9
August166.6131.6143.4
September166.2130.7142.7