Press release No. 246 of 28 June 2019
Import prices, May 2019
-0.1% on the previous month
-0.2% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, May 2019
-0.1% % on the previous month
+0.7% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – The index of import prices decreased by 0.2% in May 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April 2019 and in March 2019 the annual rates of change were +1.4% and +1.7%, respectively. From April 2019 to May 2019 the index slightly fell by 0.1%.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, decreased in May 2019 by 0.3% compared to May 2018 and in comparison with April 2019 it fell by 0.2%.
The index of export prices increased by 0.7% in May 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. In April 2019 and in March 2019 the annual rates of change were +1.3%, each. From April 2019 to May 2019 the index slightly fell 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.
