Press release No. 189 of 30 May 2018
Import prices, April 2018
- +0.6% on the previous month
- +0.6% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, April 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 increased by 0.6% in April 2018 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In March and in February 2018 the annual rates of change were –0.1% and –0.6%, respectively. From March 2018 to April 2018 the index also increased by 0.6%.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, decreased by 0.7% compared with the level of a year earlier.
The index of export prices increased by 0.7% in April 2018 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In March and in February 2018 the annual rates of change were +0.7% and +0.5%, respectively. From March 2018 to April 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.
