STAT/06/104
2 August 2006
June 2006 compared to May 2006 Industrial producer prices up by 0.2% in euro area Up by 0.1% in EU25
The euro area1 industrial producer price index2 rose by 0.2% in June 2006 compared with the previous month, and EU25 prices increased by 0.1%. In May3 prices increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU25.
In June 2006 compared to June 2005, industrial producer prices gained 5.8% in the euro area and 6.4% in the EU25.
These figures come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
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Monthly changes
In June 2006, compared to the previous month, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector increased by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU25. Prices in the energy sector rose by 0.2% in the euro area, but fell by 0.4% in the EU25. Intermediate goods rose by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU25. In both zones, non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.3% and capital goods by 0.1%, while durable consumer goods decreased by 0.1%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were registered in Denmark (+2.2%), Lithuania (+1.1%), Luxembourg and Hungary (both +0.8%). The only decrease was recorded in the United Kingdom (-0.9%), while prices in Greece and Spain remained unchanged.
Annual changes
In June 2006, compared to June 2005, and excluding the energy sector, industrial prices increased by 3.0% in both the euro area and the EU25. Prices in the energy sector rose by 15.7% and 17.6% respectively. In both zones, intermediate goods gained 5.2%. Non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.9% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU25. Durable consumer goods rose by 1.6% and 1.5% respectively. Capital goods gained 1.2% in the euro area and 1.3% in the EU25.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were observed in Luxembourg (+14.0%), the United Kingdom (+9.7%), the Netherlands (+9.4%) and Slovakia (+9.1%), and the lowest in the Czech Republic (+1.9%), Ireland (+2.0%) and Slovenia (+2.7%).
Euro area: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. The index of producer prices shows (in the national currency of the country concerned) changes in the ex-works sale prices of all products sold on the domestic markets of the various countries, excluding imports. Euro area and EU25 indices refer to overall weighted price changes. The figures are not adjusted. Missing observations from Member States for the calculation of the euro area and the EU25 are estimated. Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in News Release 88/2006 of 4 July 2006. However the monthly growth rates for total industry excluding construction published in this News Release for May 2006 remain the same for both the euro area and the EU25. The annual growth rates previously published were +6.0% in the euro area and +6.9% in the EU25. Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Tim ALLEN BECH Building L-2920 LUXEMBOURG Tel: +352-4301-33 444 Fax: +352-4301-35 349 eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Liselott ÖHMAN Tel: +352-4301-32 800 Fax: +352-4301-35 019 liselott.oehman@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Industrial producer prices on the domestic market
% change compared with previous month
Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Euro area Total industry excluding construction 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 Total industry excluding construction and energy 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 Intermediate goods 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.3 Energy 4.0 0.9 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.2 Capital goods 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 Durable consumer goods 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 Non-durable consumer goods 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 EU25 Total industry excluding construction 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 Total industry excluding construction and energy 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 Intermediate goods 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 Energy 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 -0.9 -0.4 Capital goods 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 Durable consumer goods 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 Non-durable consumer goods 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Euro area 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 EU25 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 Belgium 1.7 -0.1 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.7 Czech Republic 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 Denmark 0.9 1.9 1.1 -0.3 -1.6 2.2 Germany 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.3 Estonia : : : : : : Greece 1.7 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.2 0.0 Spain 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.0 France 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 Ireland -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 Italy 1.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.3 Cyprus -0.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 Latvia : : : : : : Lithuania 2.7 0.5 -0.2 0.4 0.0 1.1 Luxembourg 4.3 1.6 1.0 0.7 2.0 0.8* Hungary 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 2.5 0.6 -0.2 0.7 -0.1 0.4 Austria 0.4 -0.1 0.7 0.8 -0.1 : Poland 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.7 Portugal 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.1 Slovenia -0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 Slovakia 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.2 Finland 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 Sweden 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.4 -0.6 0.6 United Kingdom 0.2 -0.6 -0.5 -1.4 -0.9 -0.9 : Data not available * Estimated by Member State
Industrial producer prices on the domestic market
% change compared with same month of previous year
Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Euro area Total industry excluding construction 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.8 Total industry excluding construction and energy 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.0 Intermediate goods 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.4 4.5 5.2 Energy 19.8 19.7 17.5 17.7 18.7 15.7 Capital goods 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 Durable consumer goods 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 Non-durable consumer goods 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 EU25 Total industry excluding construction 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.4 Total industry excluding construction and energy 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.7 3.0 Intermediate goods 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.4 4.5 5.2 Energy 26.6 25.4 22.5 21.0 21.2 17.6 Capital goods 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 Durable consumer goods 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.5 Non-durable consumer goods 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Euro area 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.8 EU25 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.4 Belgium 1.9 2.3 3.2 4.4 4.9 5.6 Czech Republic 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.5 1.9 Denmark 11.7 12.4 9.9 9.1 6.8 8.1 Germany 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 Estonia : : : : : : Greece 9.9 9.5 8.3 8.7 9.3 7.9 Spain 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.7 6.6 6.3 France 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.2 3.9 Ireland 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 Italy 4.8 4.9 4.5 5.5 6.6 6.2 Cyprus 5.0 5.1 4.6 5.0 3.8 3.9 Latvia : : : : : : Lithuania 8.9 8.8 7.4 6.6 7.1 6.9 Luxembourg 6.4 8.1 9.2 10.4 13.1 14.0* Hungary 6.6 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.9 7.7 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 11.3 11.1 9.6 9.6 10.3 9.4 Austria 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.5 : Poland 0.3 0.7 0.7 2.2 2.9 3.0 Portugal 5.2 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.8 6.0 Slovenia 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.7 Slovakia 8.7 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.1 Finland 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.8 5.5 5.1 Sweden 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.2 United Kingdom 16.4 15.1 13.7 11.8 11.5 9.7 : Data not available * Estimated by Member State
Industrial producer prices indices on the domestic market for total industry excluding construction
(base year 2000)
06/03 06/04 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 Euro area 103.1 105.5 109.7 110.3 110.8 111.3 112.0 111.8 112.0 113.4 113.9 114.4 115.4 115.8 116.1 EU25 102.7 105.7 110.9 111.7 112.3 112.8 113.8 114.6 115.3 116.5 116.8 117.2 117.7 117.8 117.9 BE 103.0 107.5 109.4 109.4 109.5 109.5 109.9 110.0 110.8 112.7 112.5 113.4 114.5 114.8 115.6 CZ 101.4 107.6 110.5 110.6 110.6 110.8 111.3 111.0 110.3 111.4 111.6 111.7 112.1 112.4 112.6 DK 111.3 115.4 125.4 126.7 127.8 129.7 130.5 132.0 130.0 131.2 133.7 135.2 134.8 132.7 135.6 DE 103.9 105.5 110.4 111.0 111.3 111.8 112.6 112.5 112.8 114.1 114.9 115.5 116.6 116.7 117.1 EE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : EL 107.7 112.2 118.6 119.2 120.2 122.0 123.0 122.0 122.8 124.9 125.4 126.1 127.8 128.0 128.0 ES 103.3 107.4 112.1 112.7 113.6 114.5 114.9 114.7 114.7 116.4 117.3 117.6 118.3 119.2 119.2 FR 101.6 103.8 106.8 107.4 107.7 108.3 108.6 108.4 108.3 109.3 109.4 109.8 110.6 110.9 111.0 IE 105.2 107.3 108.5 109.2 109.0 109.2 109.8 109.8 109.8 109.7 110.2 110.5 110.5 110.5 110.7 IT 103.3 106.6 110.5 110.8 111.4 111.7 112.6 112.2 112.6 113.9 114.3 115.0 116.2 117.0 117.3 CY 107.0 115.6 118.8 121.4 121.5 121.8 122.0 122.1 122.4 121.7 122.2 122.3 122.8 123.2 123.4 LV : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : LT 96.5 100.5 106.0 106.8 108.0 109.1 110.0 108.5 108.2 111.1 111.7 111.6 112.0 112.0 113.2 LU 108.4 119.5 119.2 120.5 120.5 123.3 123.5 122.5 122.6 127.9 129.9 131.2 132.1 134.8 135.9* HU 114.6 124.9 136.1 136.2 137.5 138.3 139.0 140.0 140.0 141.7 142.4 143.5 144.6 145.4 146.6 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 103.7 105.3 112.6 114.4 115.2 116.8 118.3 117.6 118.4 121.4 122.1 121.9 122.8 122.7 123.2 AT 99.4 101.0 104.6 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.4 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.0 106.7 107.6 107.5 : PL 104.4 114.4 115.9 116.0 116.2 116.1 116.2 116.0 115.5 115.8 115.8 116.3 118.2 118.6 119.4 PT 104.7 107.1 110.9 112.0 112.5 112.8 112.8 112.1 112.0 114.2 115.0 115.5 116.2 117.4 117.5 SI 117.5 122.6 125.6 125.4 125.7 126.1 126.4 126.4 126.9 126.8 127.6 128.1 128.5 128.6 129.0 SK 118.2 121.9 127.7 128.5 129.5 130.1 130.8 133.1 132.3 134.2 136.1 137.0 137.9 139.0 139.3 FI 99.2 98.8 101.0 101.3 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.4 102.4 102.8 103.6 104.5 105.3 106.0 106.2 SE 106.1 109.3 112.9 113.4 114.0 114.7 115.2 116.1 116.6 118.0 118.5 119.4 119.9 119.2 119.9 UK 98.8 102.6 112.8 114.7 116.0 116.4 119.2 125.5 128.9 129.2 128.4 127.7 125.9 124.8 123.7 : Data not available
* Estimated by Member State
Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK)
Industrial producer prices indices on the domestic market for total industry excluding construction and energy
(base year 2000)
06/03 06/04 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 Euro area 103.0 105.0 106.8 106.7 106.8 107.0 107.3 107.5 107.6 108.1 108.4 108.8 109.3 109.7 110.0 EU25 103.1 105.4 107.4 107.4 107.5 107.7 107.9 108.1 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 109.9 110.3 110.6 BE 99.4 103.5 105.0 105.0 105.2 105.2 105.6 105.7 106.6 107.4 107.4 108.3 109.6 110.1 : CZ 102.0 107.2 108.3 108.1 107.9 107.6 107.8 107.8 107.4 107.3 107.6 107.6 107.9 108.1 108.4 DK 109.7 112.3 116.5 116.6 117.0 117.0 116.8 117.1 117.9 117.5 117.4 117.4 118.4 118.7 119.1 DE 102.0 103.3 105.4 105.2 105.3 105.6 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.4 106.6 106.8 107.4 107.8 107.9 EE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : EL 109.8 115.6 118.5 118.5 118.8 119.5 120.9 121.6 122.6 124.4 124.9 125.2 126.3 126.8 127.0 ES 105.0 108.6 111.3 111.4 111.6 112.0 112.3 112.4 112.7 113.9 114.6 115.0 115.3 116.0 116.3 FR 102.5 103.9 105.1 105.1 105.1 105.1 105.4 105.7 105.7 106.2 106.4 106.7 107.0 107.3 107.5 IE 106.5 109.7 110.8 111.0 110.8 110.9 111.2 111.6 111.7 112.2 112.7 112.9 113.2 113.1 113.4 IT 104.3 107.5 108.8 108.8 108.9 109.0 109.0 109.3 109.5 110.0 110.5 111.0 111.5 112.2 112.7 CY 110.7 118.7 121.3 121.7 121.9 122.1 122.5 122.7 123.1 123.0 123.6 123.7 124.1 124.7 124.8 LV : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : LT 97.7 101.6 102.6 103.2 103.2 103.4 104.0 104.2 104.2 105.1 105.7 105.5 105.7 106.3 106.8 LU 108.3 124.3 121.6 119.6 119.7 123.3 123.6 122.8 123.1 124.1 126.3 128.0 128.7 131.9 133.9* HU 113.6 121.5 126.2 125.8 126.3 126.7 127.2 127.7 127.2 128.1 128.3 128.9 129.9 130.4 131.6 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 104.6 106.6 108.9 109.0 109.1 109.2 110.6 110.3 110.3 110.8 111.0 111.2 112.0 112.3 112.7 AT 99.7 99.8 101.0 100.8 101.0 100.9 101.0 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.3 101.5 101.7 101.8 : PL 99.4 109.2 107.9 107.6 107.8 107.7 107.7 108.1 108.0 107.4 107.4 107.7 109.4 110.9 111.6 PT 102.6 104.9 105.7 105.6 106.0 105.7 105.9 105.9 106.4 106.8 107.3 107.5 107.8 108.9 109.4 SI 118.3 123.2 126.6 126.4 126.6 127.0 127.3 127.3 127.5 127.3 127.9 128.6 129.0 129.2 129.6 SK 108.0 110.5 110.6 110.3 110.3 110.2 110.4 110.7 110.6 110.4 110.8 110.9 111.1 111.3 111.6 FI 96.4 94.7 96.4 96.4 96.5 96.5 96.8 97.0 97.1 97.3 97.6 97.9 98.5 99.0 99.0 SE 102.9 104.8 108.4 108.4 108.8 109.2 109.1 109.7 110.1 110.6 110.9 111.2 112.0 112.7 113.0 UK 101.3 103.4 106.3 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.1 107.3 107.5 107.9 108.1 108.4 108.9 109.2 109.5 : Data not available
* Estimated by Member State
Belgium (BE), the Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK)
