Producer price indices - September 2025

“Prices of agricultural producers rose decelerated their year-on-year growth to 7.1%. Construction work prices were higher by 3.0% year-on-year and service producer prices in the business sphere by 4.5%. On the other hand, prices of industrial producers were lower by 1.0% year-on-year,” noted Vladimir Klimes, head of Industrial and International Trade Prices Statistics Unit of CZSO.

Agricultural producer prices decreased by 1.9% m-o-m. Falling were prices of fresh vegetables (-10.0%), oilseeds (-2.7%), poultry (-2.5%), cereals (-1.6%) and pigs for slaughter (‑0.6%). The increase was recorded for prices of eggs (+1.8%), cattle for slaughter (+1.2%) and milk (+0.9%). Y‑o‑y, agricultural producer prices grew by 7.1% (+11.4% in August). In crop production, prices went down by 0.8%. Prices were lower for fresh vegetables (-16.9%) and potatoes (-18.5%), while prices of fruit (+0.3%) and oilseeds (+4.9%) rose. Prices of cereals remained unchanged y‑o-y. In animal production, prices went up by 19.1%. Prices increased for eggs (+42.8%), cattle for slaughter (+40.9%), milk (+19.7%) and poultry (+12.2%). Decrease occurred in prices of pigs for slaughter (‑4.6%).

Prices of industrial producers decreased by 0.4% m-o-m. Prices went down in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-1.0%). Lower were prices in ‘motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’ (-0.5%) and ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (-1.3%). Prices were lower in ‘food ‘products’ (-0.4%), thereof ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (-0.7%) and ‘vegetable and animal oils and fats’ (-3.1%). Higher were prices in ‘other food products’ (+0.2%). Prices rose in ‘coke, refined petroleum products’. Higher were prices in ‘beverages’ (+0.9%) and ‘printing and recording services’ (+1.7%). Prices of industrial producers decreased by 1.0% y-o-y (-0.8% in August). Prices went down particularly in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning’ (-3.8%), ‘chemicals and chemical products’ (-7.8%) and ‘coal and lignite’ (-10.5%). Prices increased in ‘food products’ (+2.8%), especially in ‘dairy products’ (+7.6%) and ‘preserved meat and meat products’ (+4.0%). Prices went down in ‘other food products’ (-4.2%). On the increase were prices in ‘repair and installation services of machinery and equipment’ (+4.0%), ‘other non-metallic mineral products’ (+2.2%) and ‘wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture’ (+5.1%). Among the main industrial groupings, prices of ‘energy’ (-3.8%) and ‘intermediate goods’ (- 0.7%) went down y-o-y, prices of ‘durable consumer goods’ (+2.9%) and ‘non-durable consumer goods’ (+1.6%) went up. Prices of industrial producers excluding energy were higher by 0.2% (+0.5% in August).

Construction work prices, as estimated, increased by 0.7% and prices of materials and products used in construction were lower by 0.2% m-o-m. According to the estimate, construction work prices rose by 3.0% y‑o‑y (+2.6% in August). Prices of materials and products used in the construction were higher by 1.0% y-o-y (+1.1% in August).

Service producer prices in the business sphere increased by 1.4% m-o-m. Prices went up for ‘advertising and market research services’ (+18.1%), ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+16.7%), 'employment services' (+1.4%) and 'legal and accounting services' (+0.2%). Falling were prices of 'information services' and 'real estate services' (-0.2% both) and 'land transport services' (‑0.3%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services were unchanged. Service producer prices in the business sphere grew by 4.5% y-o‑y (+4.4% in August). Rising were prices of ‘programming and broadcasting services’ (+20.7%), ‘advertising and market research services’ (+19.7%), ‘security and investigation services’ (+12.0%), 'employment services' (+9.0%), 'warehousing and support services for transportation' (+6.1%) and 'insurance, reinsurance and pension funding services, except compulsory social security' (+5.0%). Service producer prices in the business sphere, excluding advertising services, increased by 3.3% (+3.4% in August).

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

According to the Eurostat News Releases, industrial producer prices went down in August by 0.4% in EU27 (in July they rose by 0.6%), m-o-m. The largest decreases were recorded in Denmark (-1.3%), the Netherlands and Romania (-1.0% both). Prices fell in Austria (-0.8%), Poland (-0.7%) and Germany (-0.3%) and remained stable in Czechia. The highest increases were observed in Estonia (+5.4%), Finland (+1.9%) and Slovakia (+1.3%). Industrial producer prices went down in August by 0.4% (in July they increased by 0.4%) in EU27, y-o-y. The largest decreases were recorded in Portugal (-4.3%), Luxembourg (-4.2%) and Estonia (-3.2%). Prices went down in Austria (-2.8%), Germany (-1.9%), Poland (-1.3%) and Czechia (-0.8%) and went up in Slovakia (+0.9%). The highest increases were observed in Bulgaria (+9.1%), Sweden (+4.1%) and Romania (+3.1%).