International Trade in Goods Price Indices - May 2026

Export prices

In month-on-month comparison, export prices increased by 0.8% (after exchange rate adjustment by 0.9%). The biggest increase was recorded in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’, ‘chemicals and chemical products’ and in ‘basic metals’, by 6.9%, 5.1% and 2.1%, respectively. The prices decreased significantly in ‘products of forestry, logging and related services’ and in ‘coke and refined petroleum products’, by 2.6% and 2.3%, respectively.

In year-on-year comparison, export prices increased by 0.8% (after exchange rate adjustment by 3.3%). The prices increased significantly in ‘coke and refined petroleum products’, ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ and in ‘products of forestry, logging and related services’, by 50.0%, 19.0% and 13.2%, respectively. Significantly, prices decreased in ‘food products’ and in ‘paper and paper products’, by 7.5% and 6.5%, respectively.

Import prices

In month-on-month comparison, import prices increased by 0.7% (after exchange rate adjustment by 0.9%). Significantly, prices increased in ‘crude petroleum and natural gas’, ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ and in ‘chemicals and chemical products’, by 6.2%, 5.4% and 2.9%, respectively. The prices decreased in ‘coke and refined petroleum products’ and in ‘food products’ by 5.1% and 0.9%, respectively.

In year-on-year comparison, import prices increased by 3.2% (after exchange rate adjustment by 5.7%). The prices increased significantly in ‘coke and refined petroleum products’, ’crude petroleum and natural gas’ and in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’, by 68.7%, 30.6% and 28.9%, respectively. The biggest decrease was recorded in ‘wearing apparel’ and in ‘food products’, by 10.0% and 9.2%, respectively.

“In May, year-on-year export and import prices increased by 0.8% and 3.2%, respectively. The prices of ‘coke and refined petroleum products’ increased significantly in export by 50.0% and in import by 68.7%. This increase was subdued by the year-on-year appreciation of the koruna exchange rate against the euro and the dollar,” Vladimír Klimeš, Head of the Industrial and International Trade Prices Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office, noted.

The terms of trade

In month-on-month comparison, the terms of trade reached the value of 100.1% (98.2% in April). Significant positive value reached ‘coke and refined petroleum products’ (103.0%) and negative value reached ‘furniture’ (98.5%).

In year-on-year comparison, the terms of trade reached the value of 97.7% (97.9% in April). Significant negative value reached ‘coke and refined petroleum products’ (88.9%) and positive value reached ‘machinery and equipment’ (103.9%).