Press release No. 152 of 27 April 2018
Import prices, March 2018
• 0.0% on the previous month
• –0.1% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, March 2018
• +0.2% on the previous month
• +0.7% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the index of import prices decreased by 0.1% in March 2018 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February and in January 2018 the annual rates of change were –0.6% and +0.7%, respectively. From February 2018 to March 2018 the index did not change.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, decreased by 0.9% compared with the level of a year earlier.
The index of export prices increased by 0.7% in March 2018 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February and in January 2018 the annual rates of change were +0.5% and +0.7%, respectively. From February 2018 to March 2018 the export price index rose by 0.2%.
More detailed data and long time series are available in tables Index of import prices (61411-0006) and Index of export prices (61421-0006) in the GENESIS-Online database.
