Published on: 29 February 2024

Industrial producer prices decrease by 6.8% in January 2024 compared to a year earlier and go up by 0.3% compared to previous month

Industrial producer prices were 6.8% lower on average in January 2024 compared to one year earlier. Domestic output prices were cut by 7.6% and non-domestic output prices by 6.3%. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices lessened by 1.1% and non-domestic output prices were up by 1.0%, so industrial producer prices as a whole rose by 0.3%.

In January 2024 compared to January 2023:

Domestic output prices were 7.6% lower on average, within which there was a decrease of 3.8% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 60.0%, and of 16.6% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 38.6%. Food industry output prices lessened by 6.2%.

Prices in Hungary were 11.4% lower in energy and intermediate producer branches together, and increased by 4.5% in capital goods producer and lessened by 0.9% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were reduced by 6.3%, within which the prices were 2.7% lower in manufacturing, representing a weight of 82.9%, and 36.6% lower in the energy industry, with a weight of 16.7%.

Industrial price indices

(same period of previous year = 100.0)

(%)

Year, month Domestic output Non-domestic output Producer price index, total
2023 January160.8120.2133.5
February156.4115.8129.0
March148.2108.8121.7
April141.9103.3115.9
May136.598.9111.2
June129.895.0106.4
July119.592.4101.3
August108.692.497.7
September107.892.597.5
October100.490.193.4
November98.191.193.4
December96.491.192.8
2024 January92.493.793.2