Press release No. 364 of 18 September 2020
Producer prices of industrial products (domestic market), August 2020
0.0% on the previous month
-1.2% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – In August 2020 the index of producer prices for industrial products decreased by 1.2% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In July the annual rate of change all over had been –1.7%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. Compared with the preceding month July the overall index remained unchanged in August 2020 (+0.2% in July).
Energy prices as a whole decreased by 3.9%. On an annual basis, prices of petroleum products were down 14.4%, prices of natural gas (distribution) decreased by 9.9%.
The overall index disregarding energy was 0.4% down on August 2019.
Prices of intermediate goods decreased by 2.0% compared to August 2019. Prices decreased especially regarding secondary raw materials (-16.8%) as well as basic iron, steel and ferro-alloys (-8.7%) and basic chemicals (-6.4%). Prices of cereal flour were down 2.9%. By contrast, prices of precious metals increased by 26.3% compared to August 2019. Prices of ready-mixed concrete rose by 4.5%.
Prices of non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.3% compared to August 2019. The price of sugar increased by 19.2%. Prices of meat and poultry meat products rose by 2.4%. Pork prices were down 12.6% compared to August 2019.
Prices of capital goods increased by 1.0% compared to August 2019, durable consumer goods by 1.5%.
| Year / month | 2015 = 100 | Change in % compared with | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| corresponding month of preceding year | preceding month | |||
| 2019 | August | 104.5 | 0.3 | -0.5 |
| September | 104.6 | -0.1 | 0.1 | |
| October | 104.4 | -0.6 | -0.2 | |
| November | 104.4 | -0.7 | 0.0 | |
| December | 104.5 | -0.2 | 0.1 | |
2020 | January | 105.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| February | 104.9 | -0.1 | -0.4 | |
| March | 104.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | |
| April | 103.4 | -1.9 | -0.7 | |
| May | 103.0 | -2.2 | -0.4 | |
| June | 103.0 | -1.8 | 0.0 | |
| July | 103.2 | -1.7 | 0.2 | |
| August | 103.2 | -1.2 | 0.0 | |
| thereof: | ||||
| Intermediate goods | 102.7 | -2.0 | 0.1 | |
| Capital goods | 105.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Durable consumer goods | 107.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Non-durable consumer goods | 106.9 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
| Energy | 98.5 | -3.9 | 0.3 | |
Crisis Monitor allows comparison between corona crisis and and financial and economic crisis
The Producer price index for industrial products is also part of the "Crises monitor", which is used by the Federal Statistical Office to compare the development of major short-term indicators between the corona crisis and the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009. The “Crisis Monitor” complements the "Corona statistics" webpage, which has provided statistical information on the economic and social consequences of the corona pandemic since early April.
More detailed data and long time series are available in table Producer price indices for industrial products (61241-0006) in the GENESIS-Online database.
