Press release No. 072 of 28 February 2019
Import prices, January 2019
-0.2% on the previous month
+0.8% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, January 2019
+0.1% on the previous month
+1.1% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the index of import prices increased by 0.8% in January 2019 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In December and in November 2018 the annual rates of change were +1.6% and +3.1%, respectively. From December 2018 to January 2019 the index fell by 0.2%.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, increased in January 2019 by 1.1% compared to January 2018 and in comparison with December 2018 it fell by 0.3%.
The index of export prices increased by 1.1% in January 2019 compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In December and in November 2018 the annual rates of change were +1.3% and +1.7%, respectively. From December 2018 to January 2019 the index slightly rose by 0.1%.
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.
