Producer price indices - July 2025

“In year-on-year comparison, prices of agricultural producers increased by more than 11%. Construction work prices were higher by 2.6% and service producer prices in the business sphere by 4.1%. On the other hand, prices of industrial producers decreased by more than 1% year-on-year,” noted Jiří Šulc, head of Agricultural, Construction, and Services Prices Statistics Unit of CZSO.

Agricultural producer prices decreased by 1.9% m-o-m. Falling were prices of oilseeds (-7.0%), eggs (-3.3%) and cereals (-2.5%). The increase was recorded for prices of cattle for slaughter (+3.9%) and milk (+0.2%). Y‑o‑y, agricultural producer prices grew by 11.2% (+13.4% in June). In crop production, prices went up by 5.6%. Higher were especially prices of fruit (+21.5%), oilseeds (+12.0%) and cereals (+9.1%), while prices of potatoes (-22.7%) and fresh vegetables (-8.3%) fell. In animal production, prices went up by 17.8%. Prices increased for eggs (+42.5%), cattle for slaughter (+35.8%), milk (+19.6%) and poultry (+10.2%). Decrease occurred in prices of pigs for slaughter (‑5.7%).

Prices of industrial producers rose by 0.1% m-o-m. Prices went up particularly in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Prices rose in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ and ‘food products’ (+0.2% both). Higher were prices in ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (+0.3%) and ‘prepared animal feeds’ (+0.7%), lower were in ‘vegetable and animal oils and fats’ (-0.6%). On the decrease were prices in ‘rubber and plastic products’ (-0.9%).Prices of industrial producers decreased by 1.2% y-o-y (-0.7% in June). Prices fell in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-4.0%). Prices went down also in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Prices were lower in ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (-6.9%) and ‘coal and lignite’ (-10.4%). Higher were prices in ‘food products’ (+4.0%), particularly in ‘dairy products’ (+11.0%) and ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (+5.0%). Prices went down in ‘other food products’ (-3.5%). Prices grew in ‘repair and installation services of machinery and equipment’ (+4.1%) and ‘other non-metallic mineral products’ (+1.9%).
Among the main industrial groupings, prices of ‘energy’ (-5.4%) went down y-o-y, prices of ‘durable consumer goods’ (+2.7%) and ‘non-durable consumer goods’ (+2.5%) went up. Prices of industrial producers excluding energy were higher by 0.6% (+1.4% in June).

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 June after updating). Prices of materials and products used in the construction were higher by 0.9% y-o-y (+1.1% in June).

Service producer prices in the business sphere declined by 1.4% m-o-m. Prices went down for ‘advertising and market research services’ (-17.9%), ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (-17.3%) and 'motion picture, video and television programme production services, sound recording and music publishing' (-5.3%). Rising were prices of ‘services of head offices; management consulting services’ (+1.7%) and 'real estate services' (+0.4%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services rose by 0.1%. Service producer prices in the business sphere grew by 4.1% y-o‑y (+4.2% in June). Prices rose for ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+21.4%), ‘advertising and market research services’ (+15.5%), ‘security and investigation services’ (+12.6%) and 'warehousing and support services for transportation' (+5.5%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services, increased by 3.3% (same as in June).

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

According to the Eurostat News Releases, industrial producer prices increased in June by 0.7% in EU27 (in May they fell by 0.6%), m-o-m. The highest monthly increases were recorded in Spain (+3.1%), Italy (+2.2%) and Portugal (+1.7%). Prices went up in Poland (+0.7%), Slovakia (+0.3%) and Germany (+0.1%) and down in Austria and Czechia (-0.2% both). The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-3.8%), Ireland (-2.8%) and Sweden (-1.4%). Industrial producer prices went up in June by 0.6% (in May they increased by 0.4%) in EU27, y-o-y. The highest increases were recorded in Bulgaria (+8.4%), Greece (+5.0%) and Italy (+3.9%). Prices went down in Austria (-2.2%), Germany (-1.1%), Poland (-1.0%), Slovakia (-0.9%) and Czechia (‑0.7%). The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-5.2%), Lithuania (-2.9%) and Portugal (-2.8%).