Press release No. 060 of 14 February 2022
Producer prices of agricultural products, total, December and year 2021
+22.1% on the same month a year earlier
+1.3% on the previous month
+8.8% on an annual average in 2021 compared with 2020
Prices of plant products
+28.8% on the same month a year earlier
+18.3% on an annual average in 2021 compared with 2020
Prices of animal products
+17.4% on the same month a year earlier
+2.8% on an annual average in 2021 compared with 2020
WIESBADEN – Producer prices of agricultural products were 22.1% higher in December 2021 than in December 2020. This has been the strongest year-on-year increase in prices since July 2011. Compared with November 2021, the prices were up by 1.3%. The prices of plant products rose particularly strongly on the same month of the preceding year according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). They were 28.8% higher in December 2021 than in December 2020. The prices of animal products increased as well and were up 17.4% year on year.
Methodological note:
Complete results for years, business years and months of the producer prices of agricultural products are available in the GENESIS-Online database in tables 61211-0001 to 61211-0003.
