Press release No. 504 of 23 December 2019
Import prices, November 2019
+0.5% on the previous month
-2.1% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, November 2019
0.0% on the previous month
-0.1% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – The index of import prices decreased by 2.1% in November 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in October 2019 and in September 2019 the annual rates of change had been -3.5% and -2.5%, respectively. From October 2019 to November 2019 the index rose by 0.5%.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, decreased in November 2019 by 2.1% compared to November 2018. In comparison with October 2019 it rose by 0.3%.
The index of export prices fell by 0.1% in November 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. In October 2019 the annual rate of change had been -0.2%, in September 2019 the index had not changed compared to September 2018. From October 2019 to November 2019 the index remained unchanged.
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.
