Industrial producer prices 1.2% higher on average in March 2026 than a year earlier and 3.9% higher compared to previous month
Industrial producer prices were 1.2% higher on average in March 2026 than in the same period of the previous year. Domestic output prices went up by 1.2% and non-domestic ones by 1.3% compared to March 2025. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were 3.3% and non-domestic output prices 4.2% higher, so industrial producer prices as a whole rose by 3.9%.
In March 2026 compared to March 2025:
Domestic output prices were up by 1.2% on average, within which they increased by 1.6% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 67.6%, and lessened by 0.1% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 30.0%.
Prices in Hungary rose by 1.7% in energy and intermediate producer branches together and by 1.1% in consumer goods producer branches and were unchanged in capital goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices were raised by 1.3%, within which they decreased by 0.8% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 90.1%, but, due to the international environment, were 20.2% higher in the energy industry, with a weight of 9.7%.
In January–March 2026 compared to January–March 2025:
Domestic output prices were 1.5% and non-domestic output prices 1.7% lower, so industrial producer prices as a whole were down by 1.6%.
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year = 100.0%)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer price index, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 March | 104.7 | 108.6 | 107.3 |
| April | 103.9 | 109.9 | 107.9 |
| May | 103.9 | 108.3 | 106.9 |
| June | 103.3 | 106.0 | 105.1 |
| July | 101.6 | 105.9 | 104.5 |
| August | 100.9 | 103.0 | 102.3 |
| September | 100.5 | 103.3 | 102.4 |
| October | 100.9 | 102.2 | 101.8 |
| November | 98.2 | 96.9 | 97.3 |
| December | 98.1 | 95.9 | 96.6 |
| 2026 January | 97.2 | 97.1 | 97.1 |
| February | 96.9 | 96.7 | 96.7 |
| March | 101.2 | 101.3 | 101.2 |