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Wholesale prices in August 2022: +18.9% on August 2021
The selling prices in wholesale trade were 18.9% higher in August 2022 than in August 2021. The annual rates of change in July 2022 and in June 2022 had been +19.5% and +21.2%, respectively. The high annual rate of change for wholesale prices mainly derives from increased prices for raw materials and intermediate products. The largest impact on the annual rate of change in August 2022 had the price increase in wholesale trade with mineral oil products (+54.3%). The high price increase in wholesale trade with solid fuels (+99.2%), grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds etc. (+38.0%) as well as with metals and metal ores ... (full story)