Press release No. 179 of 20 May 2025
Producer prices of industrial products (domestic sales), April 2025
-0.9% on the same month a year earlier
-0.6% on the previous month
WIESBADEN – The producer prices of industrial products were 0.9% lower in April 2025 than in April 2024. In March 2025, the year-on-year change rate was -0.2%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in April 2025 dropped by 0.6% compared with the previous month.
Lower energy prices were the main reason for the year-on-year decline in producer prices in April 2025. By contrast, non-durable and durable consumer goods, capital goods and intermediate goods were more expensive than in the same month of the previous year. When energy prices are excluded, producer prices in April 2025 were up 1.5% on April 2024 and increased by 0.4% compared with March 2025.
Energy prices down year on year and month on month
Energy prices in April 2025 declined by 6.4% from the same month a year earlier. Compared with March 2025, energy prices were down 2.9%. Lower prices for natural gas (distribution) had the biggest influence on the year-on-year rate of change for energy. Across all customer groups, natural gas prices dropped by 6.2% from April 2024 (-3.6% from March 2025).
Electricity cost 7.5% less than in the same month of the previous year (-3.3% compared with March 2025), and district heating prices fell 0.1% from April 2024 (-0.2% from March 2025).
Mineral oil product prices dropped by 10.4% from April 2024 (-3.3% from March 2025). Heating oil cost 16.5% less than a year earlier (-3.1% compared with March 2025). Motor fuel prices declined by 9.5% (-1.2% from March 2025).
Price increases for capital goods, non-durable and durable consumer goods
Capital goods prices in April 2025 were up 2.0% from the same month a year earlier (+0.3% from March 2025). Machinery was 1.9% more expensive than in April 2024 (+0.1% compared with March 2025). The prices of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers increased by 1.4% year on year (+0.3% compared with March 2025).
Non-durable consumer goods cost 3.2% more in April 2025 than in April 2024 (+0.9% compared with March 2025). Food was 3.8% more expensive than in April 2024 (+1.3% from March 2025). Compared with the same month of the previous year, coffee prices were much higher in April 2025 (+43.3%; +8.1% on March 2025). Year on year, higher prices were also recorded for beef (+30.4%; +3.4% on March 2025), butter (+24.6%; -1.2% on March 2025), and vegetable oils (+15.8%; +0.2% on March 2025). By contrast, lower prices than in the same month a year earlier were recorded especially for sugar (-38.0%; -0.2% on March 2025) and pork (-7.7%); however, pork prices increased by 9.0% compared with March 2025.
Durable consumer goods cost 1.4% more in April 2025 than a year earlier (+0.2% compared with March 2025).
Slight price increase for intermediate goods compared with April 2024
Intermediate goods prices were 0.3% higher in April 2025 than a year earlier and up 0.2% on the previous month.
Price increases compared with April 2024 were observed for paper and paper products (+3.2%; +0.6% on March 2025), for example. Prepared feeds for farm animals were 4.7% more expensive than in the previous year (0.0% compared with March 2025).
Wood and products of wood and cork cost 4.6% more than in April 2025 (+1.1% on March 2025). Coniferous timber prices rose by 13.1% from April 2024 (+3.1% from March 2025). By contrast, non-coniferous timber was 2.6% less expensive year on year (-0.1% compared with March 2025).
Metal prices dropped by 0.4% compared with the same month of the preceding year (-0.2% compared with March 2025). Basic iron, steel and ferro-alloys cost 5.5% less than in April 2024 (+1.2% on March 2025). Copper and semi-finished copper products were 1.5% less expensive than in April 2024, and prices fell by 2.6% from March 2025. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the prices of concrete reinforcing steel were up 1.3% (+3.3% from March 2025).
The prices of glass and glass products were down 2.2% year on year (+0.9% on March 2025), hollow glass cost 6.1% less than in April 2024 (-0.3% on March 2025), shaped and processed flat glass was 1.5% less expensive than in April 2014 (+0.7% compared with March 2025). Basic chemicals cost 1.2% less than in the same month a year earlier (-0.6% on March 2025).
Methodological notes:
The producer price index for industrial products measures the development of prices for products produced and sold in Germany by the mining and quarrying, manufacturing, and energy and water supply sectors. All charges and taxes on goods are included, except value-added tax. The index therefore reflects price developments at an early stage of the economic process. The 15th of each reference month is the survey reference date. The current base year of the producer price index for industrial products is 2021. The basket of goods and the index weighting refer to this base year.
More information:
The statistical report (only in German) on producer price indices of industrial products (domestic sales) also includes the latest results. Long time series for the overall index are also available in the table on producer price indices for industrial products (61241-0002) and for sub-indices in the table on producer price indices for industrial products (61241-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.
Information on CO₂ pricing under the Fuel Emission Allowance Trading Act is provided on the "Producer price index for industrial products" page.
Producer prices of industrial products 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.
