Press release No. 416 of 28 October 2019
Import prices, September 2019
+0.6% on the previous month
-2.5% on the same month a year earlier
Export prices, September 2019
+0.1% on the previous month
0.0% on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – The index of import prices decreased by 2.5% in September 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in August 2019 and in July 2019 the annual rates of change were -2.7% and -2.1%, respectively. From August 2019 to September 2019 the index rose by 0.6%.
The index of import prices, excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, decreased in September 2019 by 1.6% compared to September 2018 and in comparison with August 2019 it rose by 0.4%.
The index of export prices remained unchanged in September 2019 compared to the corresponding month of the preceding year. In August 2019 and in July 2019 the annual rates of change were -0.1% and +0.2%, respectively. From August 2019 to September 2019 the index slightly rose by 0.1%.
More detailed data and long time series are available in tables Index of import prices (61411-0006) and Index of export prices (61421-0006) in the GENESIS-Online database.
