Press release No. 263 of 18 July 2025
Producer prices of industrial products (domestic sales), June 2025
-1.3% on the same month a year earlier
+0.1% on the previous month
WIESBADEN – The producer prices of industrial products were 1.3% lower in June 2025 than in June 2024. In May 2025, the year-on-year change rate was -1.2%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in June 2025 were up 0.1% compared with the previous month.
In June 2025, lower energy prices were the main reason for the year-on-year decline in producer prices. Intermediate goods were also less expensive than a year earlier. By contrast, durable consumer goods, non-durable consumer goods and capital goods cost more than in June 2024. When energy prices are excluded, producer prices in June 2025 rose by 1.3% on the same month of the previous year and were 0.1% higher than in May 2025.
Energy prices lower than in the same month of the previous year
Energy prices in June 2025 were down 6.4% from June 2024. Compared with May 2025, energy prices were up 0.3%. Lower electricity prices had the biggest influence on the year-on-year rate of change for energy. Across all customer groups, electricity prices declined by 8.8% compared with June 2024 (-0.3% compared with May 2025).
Natural gas (distribution) cost 6.9% less than in June 2024 (+0.5% from May 2025), and district heating cost 0.3% less than in the same month of the previous year (unchanged from May 2025).
Mineral oil product prices were down 7.7% from June 2024 (+0.9% compared with May 2025). Heating oil cost 6.4% less than a year earlier (+6.6% compared with May 2025), and motor fuel prices fell by 4.2% (+1.2% on May 2025).
Price increases for capital goods, non-durable and durable consumer goods
Capital goods prices in June 2025 were up 1.7% year on year (0.0% compared with May 2025). Machinery was 1.8% more expensive than in June 2024 (+0.1% on May 2025). The prices of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers increased by 1.0% compared with June 2024 (0.0% compared with May 2025).
Non-durable consumer goods cost 3.6% more in June 2025 than in June 2024 (+0.4% compared with May 2025). Food was 4.4% more expensive than in June 2024 (+0.6% on May 2025). Compared with the same month of the previous year, coffee prices were much higher (+41.2%; 0.0% on May 2025), and beef also cost considerably more (+37.5%; +3.0% on May 2025). Butter prices increased by 18.2% from a year earlier (-0.1% compared with May 2025). Lower prices than in the same month a year earlier were recorded in June 2025 especially for sugar (-40.2%; -0.4% on May 2025). Pork cost 1.7% less than a year earlier (+2.3% compared with May 2025).
Durable consumer goods were 1.7% more expensive in June 2025 than in June 2024 (+0.2% compared with May 2025).
Slight decline in prices for intermediate goods compared with June 2024
Intermediate goods prices were 0.4% lower in June 2025 than a year earlier, and were down 0.2% on the previous month.
Basic chemicals were 2.6% less expensive than in the same month a year earlier (-0.8% on May 2025). Cereal flours cost 1.8% less than in June 2024 (-0.2% on May 2025). The prices of prepared feeds for farm animals were down 0.7% on the previous year (-1.1% compared with May 2025).
Metal prices were down 1.6% year on year (-0.5% on May 2025). Basic iron, steel and ferro-alloys were 6.2% less expensive than in June 2024 (-1.4% on May 2025). Copper and semi-finished copper products were 4.3% less expensive than in June 2024 (-0.5% on May 2025). By contrast, the prices of reinforcing steel were up 1.1% year on year
(-0.7% compared with May 2025).
Price increases compared with June 2024 were observed for wood and products of wood and cork (+4.9%; +0.1% on May 2025), for example. Coniferous timber prices were 13.9% higher than in June 2024 (+0.6% on May 2025), while non-coniferous timber cost 1.3% less than in the same month a year earlier (+0.6% on May 2025).
Paper and paper products cost 2.5% more than in June 2024 (0.0% on May 2025). The prices of glass and glass products were up 0.8% compared with the same month a year earlier (+0.7% on May 2025); shaped and processed flat glass cost 1.7% more than in June 2024 (+0.9% on May 2025). By contrast, hollow glass was 4.4% less expensive than in June 2024 (-0.3% on May 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.
mportant technical information regarding the GENESIS-Online database:
Changes to the web service interface of our GENESIS-Online database have been in effect since 15 July 2025. POST methods of the RESTful/JSON interface can be used instead of GET methods and the SOAP/XML interface. Please verify that your processes are set up to use POST requests to communicate with the RESTful/JSON interface. Detailed technical documentation and more information about the changeover can be found on the info page on the web service interface.
