Press release No. 279 of 31 July 2025

Import prices, June 2025
-1.4% on the same month a year earlier
0.0% on the previous month

Export prices, June 2025
+0.7% on the same month a year earlier
-0.1% on the previous month

WIESBADEN – Import prices were 1.4% lower in June 2025 than in June 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was -1.1% in May 2025, and
-0.4% in April 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that import prices in June 2025 remained unchanged (0.0%) from May 2025.

Export prices were 0.7% higher in June 2025 than in June 2024. The year-on-year rate of change was +1.0% in both May and April 2025. Compared with May 2025, export prices dropped slightly by 0.1%.

Energy had the biggest impact on the year-on-year decline in import prices

Once again, the decrease in energy prices, at -13.6% compared with June 2024, had the biggest impact on the overall development of import prices in June 2025. Compared with May 2025, however, energy prices rose by 3.4% on average.

Electricity (-24.7%), crude oil (-20.6%), hard coal (-18.1%), and mineral oil products (-14.4%) were less expensive than in June 2024. A year-on-year price decrease was also recorded for natural gas (-4.1%).

While electricity was less expensive than in May 2025 (-4.9%), higher month-on-month prices were observed for crude oil (+5.4%), mineral oil products (+4.2%), natural gas (+2.4%) and hard coal (+1.8%).

When energy prices are excluded, import prices in June 2025 were up 0.1% from June 2024. Compared with May 2025, they were down 0.4%, however. If only crude oil and mineral oil products are not considered, the import price index was 0.4% below the level of June 2024 and 0.3% lower than in May 2025.

Lower prices also registered for intermediate and capital goods

The import prices of intermediate goods were 1.2% lower than in the same month of the previous year (-0.3% on May 2025), while the import prices of capital goods were down 0.5% year on year (-0.2% on May 2025).

Consumer goods and agricultural products continue to see price increases

In June 2025, the prices of imported consumer goods (durable and non-durable) were 2.1% higher than a year earlier but were 0.4% lower compared with the previous month. Imported non-durable consumer goods were 2.8% more expensive than in June 2024 (-0.3% on May 2025), while the prices of imported durable consumer goods were down 0.6% year on year (-0.5% on May 2025).

In the case of non-durable consumer goods, food prices, in particular, were markedly higher (+9.9%) than in June 2024. However, prices here were down 0.3% from May 2025. Compared with June 2024, higher prices were recorded particularly for coffee (decaffeinated or roasted; +36.1%), beef (+33.5%), cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery (+29.9%), orange juice (+29.0%), poultry meat (+28.6%), apple juice (+26.2%), milk and milk products (+11.6%). In the case of confectionery, the increase was mainly attributable to higher prices of chocolate and other confectionery (+34.2%).

The prices of imported agricultural products in June 2025 were 1.7% higher than in the same month a year earlier (-0.9% on May 2025). In particular, the price of green coffee increased markedly by 37.4% year on year but was down 6.6% on the previous month.

Onions (+61.7%) and poultry and eggs (+13.8%) also cost more than a year earlier. These products were also more expensive than in May 2025, with the price of onions up 5.2%, and poultry and eggs up 0.2%.

By contrast, potatoes, for example, were less expensive (-11.3%) than a year earlier (-12.1% on May 2025), as were live pigs (-11.0% on June 2024 and -1.7% on May 2025). Likewise, raw cocoa cost 3.0% less than in June 2024 and was also down 4.1% on May 2025.

Biggest influence on year-on-year development of export prices coming from consumer and capital goods

In the case of exports, the increase in the prices of consumer and capital goods had the biggest influence on the development of prices in June 2025.

Exported consumer goods were 1.7% more expensive than in June 2024 (-0.3% on May 2025). Here, the prices of non-durable consumer goods were 1.8% higher than a year earlier, and durable consumer goods cost 1.4% more than in June 2024. In particular, coffee (decaffeinated or roasted) was exported at prices which were 47.5% higher than in June 2024 (-1.3% on May 2025).

Exported capital goods cost 1.1% more than in June 2024, but the price level remained the same compared with the previous month.

The prices of intermediate goods were up 0.2% from June 2024, but also remained unchanged compared with May 2025.

Energy exports, by contrast, cost less compared with the same month a year earlier (-7.1%). Prices in this category, however, were up 1.5% from May 2025. While mineral oil products were 12.4% less expensive than a year earlier (+3.7% compared with May 2025), the prices of natural gas were up 5.3% on the same month a year earlier. Compared with May 2025, exports of natural gas were 0.6% more expensive.

Exports of agricultural products cost 2.4% less year on year, and lower prices were also recorded compared with May 2025 (-1.7%).

Indices of foreign trade prices are calculated excluding taxes and customs duties

The calculation of the indices of foreign trade prices is based exclusively on the contractually agreed prices at which domestic businesses buy goods abroad or sell goods abroad. Taxes and customs duties are therefore not included in the calculation of the indices.

Methodological notes:

The current base year of the indices of foreign trade prices is 2021. The basket of goods and the weighting of the indices refer to this base year.

More information:

Current results can also be found in the tables and statistical reports on the "Import and export price index" page of the Federal Statistical Office's website. Long time series are available, for example, in the tables on the index of import prices (61411-0002 and 61411-0006) and index of export prices (61421-0002 and 61421-0006) in the GENESIS-Online database.

Import price indices 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 tool (Pulsmesser Wirtschaft) (only in German) for real-time economic monitoring.