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 |
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2021 September | 120.1 | 110.9 | 114.0 |
October | 126.6 | 114.3 | 118.5 |
November | 131.2 | 116.8 | 121.6 |
December | 131.4 | 117.6 | 122.3 |
2022 January | 135.7 | 115.5 | 122.3 |
February | 135.6 | 115.7 | 122.4 |
March | 139.4 | 119.0 | 125.9 |
April | 142.6 | 121.8 | 128.8 |
May | 143.3 | 126.7 | 132.3 |
June | 144.6 | 130.1 | 135.0 |
July | 152.7 | 130.4 | 137.9 |
August | 166.6 | 131.6 | 143.4 |
September | 166.2 | 130.7 | 142.7 |