Producer price indices - August 2025

“Prices of agricultural producers rose again year-on-year, now more than by 11%. Construction work prices were higher by 2.6% year-on-year and service producer prices in the business sphere by 4.4%. Prices of industrial producers remained stable month-on-month and decreased by 0.8% year-on-year,” noted Vladimir Klimes, head of Industrial and International Trade Prices Statistics Unit of CZSO.

Agricultural producer prices decreased by 1.2% m-o-m. Falling were prices of potatoes (‑15.6%), fruit (-7.4%), cereals (-5.1%), fresh vegetables (-3.4%), pigs for slaughter (‑3.2%), oilseeds (-3.1%) and eggs (-0.3%). The increase was recorded for prices of cattle for slaughter (+4.1%), poultry (+3.0%) and milk (+0.4%). Y‑o‑y, agricultural producer prices grew by 11.4% (+11.2% in July). In crop production, prices went up by 4.6%. Higher were prices of fruit (+14.2%), oilseeds (+10.0%), cereals (+3.9%) and fresh vegetables (+3.4%), while prices of potatoes fell (‑36.0%). In animal production, prices went up by 18.9%. Prices increased for eggs (+44.9%), cattle for slaughter (+40.1%), milk (+19.9%) and poultry (+11.3%). Decrease occurred in prices of pigs for slaughter (‑5.7%).

Prices of industrial producers remained stable m-o-m. Prices grew in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (+1.4%). Higher were prices also in ‘other non-metallic mineral products’ (+0.4%). Prices fell particularly in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Prices were lower in ‘food ‘products’ (-0.2%), thereof ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (-0.4%) and ‘processed and preserved fruit and vegetables’ (-1.5%). Prices of industrial producers decreased by 0.8% y‑o‑y (-1.2% in July). Prices went down particularly in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Lower were prices in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-2.0%), ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (-6.6%) and ‘coal and lignite’ (-10.9%). Prices increased in ‘food products’ (+3.4%), especially in ‘dairy products’ (+10.0%) and ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (+4.6). Prices went down in ‘other food products’ (-5.4%). Higher were prices in ‘wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture’ (+5.4%), ‘repair and installation services of machinery and equipment’ (+4.0%) and ‘other non-metallic mineral products’ (+2.2%). Among the main industrial groupings, prices of ‘energy’ (-3.6%) went down y-o-y, prices of ‘durable consumer goods’ (+2.7%) and ‘non-durable consumer goods’ (+1.7%) went up. Prices of industrial producers excluding energy were higher by 0.5% (+0.6% in July).

Construction work prices, as estimated, increased by 0.3% and prices of materials and products used in construction were lower by 0.1% m-o-m. According to the estimate, construction work prices rose by 2.6% y‑o‑y (same as in July). Prices of materials and products used in the construction were higher by 1.1% y-o-y (+0.9% in July).

Service producer prices in the business sphere increased by 0.8% m-o-m. Prices went up for ‘advertising and market research services’ (+9.7%), 'motion picture, video and television programme production services, sound recording and music publishing' (+8.8%), ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+7.8%), 'information services' (+2.1%), 'employment services' (+1.5%) and 'insurance, reinsurance and pension funding services, except compulsory social security' (+1.3%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services rose by 0.2%. Service producer prices in the business sphere grew by 4.4% y-o‑y (+4.1% in July). Rising were prices of ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+21.5%), ‘advertising and market research services’ (+18.3%), ‘security and investigation services’ (+12.0%), 'employment services' (+9.8%), 'warehousing and support services for transportation' (+6.2%) and 'insurance, reinsurance and pension funding services, except compulsory social security' (+5.2%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services, increased by 3.4% (+3.3% in July).

Industrial producer prices in the EU – July 2025 (preliminary data)

According to the Eurostat News Releases, industrial producer prices increased in July by 0.6% in EU27 (in June they rose by 0.7%), m-o-m. The highest increases were recorded in Romania (+6.7%), Bulgaria (+5.7%) and Slovakia (+2.8%). Prices went up in Austria (+0.5%), Czechia (+0.1%), remained stable in Poland and went down in Germany (-0.1%). The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-1.0%), Latvia (-0.7%) and Luxembourg (-0.4%). Industrial producer prices went up in July by 0.4% (in June they increased by 0.6%) in EU27, y-o-y. The highest increases were recorded in Bulgaria (+10.7%), Denmark (+4.5%) and Romania (+2.5%). Prices went down in Austria (-1.5%), Poland and Germany (-1.3% both) and Czechia (-1.2%) and stayed unchanged in Slovakia. The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-6.1%), Luxembourg (‑4.5%) and Portugal (-3.6%).