Producer price indices - May 2025

“Prices of industrial producers have been falling for four months in a row, both month-on-month and year-on-year. They fell by 0.6% month-on-month and by 0.8 % year-on-year. On the other hand, prices of other producers continued in their year-on-year growth. Prices in agriculture grew again by 15.7%. Construction work prices were higher by 3.9% year-on-year and service producer prices in the business sphere by 4.4%,” noted Vladimir Klimes, head of Industrial and International Trade Prices Statistics Unit of CZSO.

Agricultural producer prices decreased by 1.5% m-o-m. Falling were prices of cereals (-0.9%) and eggs (-6.1%). The increase was recorded for prices of pigs for slaughter (+5.6%), potatoes (+3.5%), cattle for slaughter (+1.5%), oilseeds (+1.0%) and milk (+0.8%). Y‑o‑y, agricultural producer prices grew by 15.7% (same as in April). In crop production, prices went up by 16.1%. Higher were prices of fruit (+36.3%), oilseeds (+24.6%), cereals (+14.7%) and fresh vegetables (+8.0%), while prices of potatoes fell (-6.5%). In animal production, prices went up by 15.9%. Prices increased for eggs (+43.6%), cattle for slaughter (+27.1%), milk (+19.5%) and poultry (+7.5%). Decrease occurred in prices of pigs for slaughter (‑9.0%).

Prices of industrial producers fell by 0.6% m-o-m. Prices decreased particularly in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-2.7%) and ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (-1.3%). Lower were prices in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Prices rose in ‘basic metals’ (+1.4%) and ‘repair and installation services of machinery and equipment’ (+0.6%). Prices were higher in ‘food products’ (+0.4%), particularly in ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (+1.4%) and ‘prepared animal feeds’ (+0.9%). On the decrease were prices in ‘other food products’ (-0.3%) and ‘processed and preserved fruit and vegetables’ (-1.2%). Prices of industrial producers fell by 0.8% y-o-y (-1.3% in April). Prices were lower in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Prices decreased in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-3.5%), ‘chemical and chemical products’ (-6.2%) and ‘coal and lignite’ (-10.2%). Prices rose in ‘food products’ (+3.2%), especially in ‘dairy products’ (+12.3%), prices went down in ‘other food products’ (-3.7%). Prices grew in ‘repair and installation services of machinery and equipment’ (+4.1%) and ‘wood and of products of wood and cork’ (+5.1%). Among the main industrial groupings, prices of ‘energy’ (-5.9%) went down y-o-y, prices of ‘durable consumer goods’ and ‘non-durable consumer goods’ (+2.2% both) and ‘capital goods’ (+2.1%) went up. Prices of industrial producers excluding energy were higher by 1.4% (+0.6% in April).

Construction work prices, as estimated, increased by 0.4% and prices of materials and products used in construction were higher by 0.1% m-o-m. According to the estimate, construction work prices rose by 3.9% y‑o‑y (+3.6% in April). Prices of materials and products used in the construction were higher by 1.0% y-o-y (+0.7% in April).

Service producer prices in the business sphere increased by 0.2% m-o-m. Prices went up for 'motion picture, video and television programme production services, sound recording and music publishing' (+7.7%), ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+4.0%), ‘advertising and market research services’ (+1.8%) and 'architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis services' (+1.1%). Falling were prices of ‘employment services’ (-1.3%) and 'information services' (-1.8%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services did not change. Service producer prices in the business sphere grew by 4.4% y-o‑y (+4.0% in April). Prices rose for ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+19.8%), ‘advertising and market research services’ (+15.2%), ‘security and investigation services’ (+12.5%), 'motion picture, video and television programme production services, sound recording and music publishing' (+10.9%), ‘employment services’ (+10.8%) and 'warehousing and support services for transportation' (+6.6%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services, increased by 3.4% (+3.2% in April).

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

According to the Eurostat News Releases, industrial producer prices decreased in April by 2.1% in EU27 (in March they fell by 1.6%), m-o-m. The largest decreases were recorded in Bulgaria (‑4.9%), France (-4.3%) and Ireland (-4.0%). Prices went down in Austria and Slovakia (-1.8% both), Czechia (-0.8%), Germany (-0.7%) and Poland (-0.6%). Increases were observed in Cyprus (+0.3%), Malta and Slovenia (+0.2% both) as well as in Latvia and Luxembourg (+0.1% both).
Industrial producer prices went up in April by 0.6% (in March they increased by 2.1%) in EU27, y-o-y. The highest increases were recorded in Bulgaria (+17.0%), Ireland (+5.4%) and Greece (+5.3%). Prices were higher in Slovakia (+1.4%) and lower in Czechia (-1.3%), Poland (-1.2%), Germany (-1.0%) and Austria (-0.8%). The largest decreases were observed in Lithuania (-3.4%) and Portugal (-2.4%).