Press release No. 095 of 14 March 2025
Wholesale selling prices, February 2025
+1.6% on the same month a year earlier
+0.6% on the previous month
WIESBADEN – The selling prices in wholesale trade were 1.6% higher in February 2025 than in February 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +0.9% in January 2025, and +0.1% in December 2024. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that wholesale prices in February 2025 rose by 0.6% on January 2025.
Higher prices for food, beverages and tobacco, non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous semi-finished metal products
The main reason for the year-on-year increase in wholesale prices (total) in February 2025 were higher prices in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, with prices up 4.4% from February 2024, on average. The wholesale prices particularly of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices were much higher than a year earlier (+43.8%), as were the prices of sugar, confectionery and bakery products (+14.9%). Milk, milk products, eggs, edible fats and oils (+8.1%) were also considerably more expensive than in the same month a year earlier.
The wholesale selling prices of non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous semi-finished metal products also increased substantially compared with the same month of the previous year (+29.7%).
By contrast, the prices observed in the wholesale of iron, steel and ferrous semi-finished metal products were 6.1% lower than in February 2024. In the wholesale of computers and peripheral equipment, prices were down 5.7%, on average, compared with the same month a year earlier.
The wholesale prices of live animals were also lower (-2.0%) compared with February 2024.
More information:
The statistical report (only in German) on the index of wholesale selling prices also includes the latest results. Long time series are available in the tables on the index of wholesale selling prices (61281-0002 and 61281-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.
Wholesale selling prices can also be found on the Economic Dashboard, which is part of Dashboard Germany (www.dashboard-deutschland.de) (only in German). In this data portal, the Federal Statistical Office brings together up-to-date indicators from official statistics producers and other data providers on the topics of the economy, finance, the labour market, construction, housing, energy and Ukraine. The portal also contains the Economic Pulse Monitor (only in German) tool for real-time economic monitoring.
