STAT/06/88
4 July 2006
May 2006 compared to April 2006 Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in euro area Up by 0.1% in EU25
The euro area1 industrial producer price index2 rose by 0.3% in May 2006 compared with the previous month, and EU25 prices increased by 0.1%. In April3 prices gained 0.8% in the euro area and 0.5% in the EU25.
In May 2006 compared to May 2005, industrial producer prices rose by 6.0% in the euro area and by 6.9% in the EU25.
These figures come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
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Monthly changes
In May 2006, compared to the previous month, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector increased by 0.4% in both the euro area and the EU25. Prices in the energy sector remained unchanged in the euro area, but fell by 0.6% in the EU25. Intermediate goods rose by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU25. In both zones, durable consumer goods increased by 0.2%. Non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU25. Capital goods remained unchanged in both zones.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were registered in Portugal (+1.0%), Slovakia (+0.8%), Spain, Italy and Finland (+0.7% each). The only decreases were recorded in Denmark (-1.6%), Sweden (-0.6%), the United Kingdom (-0.5%) and the Netherlands (-0.4%), while prices in Ireland remained unchanged.
Annual changes
In May 2006, compared to May 2005, and excluding the energy sector, industrial prices increased by 2.6% in both the euro area and the EU25. Prices in the energy sector rose by 18.6% and 21.7% respectively. In both zones, intermediate goods gained 4.5%. Both durable consumer goods and non-durable consumer goods increased by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU25. Capital goods rose by 1.1% and 1.2% respectively.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were observed in the United Kingdom (+12.1%), Slovakia (+9.9%), the Netherlands (+9.7%) and Greece (+9.3%), and the lowest in the Czech Republic (+1.5%), Ireland (+2.0%) and Slovenia (+2.4%).
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 73/2006 of 2 June 2006. However the monthly growth rates for total industry excluding construction published in this News Release for April 2006 remain the same for both the euro area and the EU25. The annual growth rates previously published were +5.4% in the euro area and +6.6% 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: +352-4301-32 594 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
Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Euro area Total industry excluding construction 0.2 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 Total industry excluding construction and energy 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 Intermediate goods 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 Energy 0.4 4.0 0.9 0.9 2.2 0.0 Capital goods 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 Durable consumer goods 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 Non-durable consumer goods 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 EU25 Total industry excluding construction 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 Total industry excluding construction and energy 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 Intermediate goods 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 Energy 2.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 -0.6 Capital goods 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 Durable consumer goods 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 Non-durable consumer goods 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Euro area 0.2 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 EU25 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 Belgium 0.8 1.7 -0.1 0.8 1.0 0.3 Czech Republic -0.6 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 Denmark -1.5 0.9 1.9 1.1 -0.3 -1.6 Germany 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.1 Estonia : : : : : : Greece 0.7 1.7 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.2 Spain 0.0 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.7 France -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 Ireland 0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 Italy 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 Cyprus 0.2 -0.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 Latvia : : : : : : Lithuania -0.3 2.7 0.5 -0.2 0.4 0.1 Luxembourg 0.1 4.3 1.6 1.0 0.7 : Hungary 0.0 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 0.7 2.5 0.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.4 Austria 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.7 0.8 : Poland -0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.6 : Portugal -0.1 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 Slovenia 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 Slovakia -0.6 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 Finland 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 Sweden 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.4 -0.6 United Kingdom 2.7 0.2 -0.6 -0.5 -1.3 -0.5 : Data not available
Industrial producer prices on the domestic market
% change compared with same month of previous year
Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Euro area Total industry excluding construction 4.7 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 Total industry excluding construction and energy 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.6 Intermediate goods 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.4 4.5 Energy 17.0 19.8 19.7 17.5 17.7 18.6 Capital goods 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 Durable consumer goods 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.7 Non-durable consumer goods 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 EU25 Total industry excluding construction 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.9 Total industry excluding construction and energy 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.6 Intermediate goods 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.4 4.5 Energy 25.1 26.6 25.4 22.5 21.1 21.7 Capital goods 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 Durable consumer goods 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.6 Non-durable consumer goods 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Euro area 4.7 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 EU25 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.9 Belgium 1.5 1.9 2.3 3.2 4.4 4.9 Czech Republic -0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.5 Denmark 10.6 11.7 12.4 9.9 9.1 6.8 Germany 5.2 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 Estonia : : : : : : Greece 9.1 9.9 9.5 8.3 8.7 9.3 Spain 5.2 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.7 6.5 France 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.1 Ireland 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.0 Italy 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.5 5.5 6.6 Cyprus 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.9 3.7 Latvia : : : : : : Lithuania 7.7 8.9 8.8 7.4 6.6 7.1 Luxembourg 2.9 6.4 8.1 9.2 10.4 : Hungary 6.7 6.6 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.9 Malta : : : : : : Netherlands 9.9 11.3 11.0 9.6 9.4 9.7 Austria 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.3 : Poland 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 2.2 : Portugal 3.9 5.2 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.8 Slovenia 1.8 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.4 Slovakia 7.0 8.7 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 Finland 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.8 5.5 Sweden 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 United Kingdom 17.2 16.4 15.1 13.7 11.9 12.1 : Data not available
Industrial producer prices indices on the domestic market for total industry excluding construction
(base year 2000)
05/03 05/04 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 Euro area 103.1 105.5 109.2 109.7 110.3 110.8 111.3 112.0 111.8 112.0 113.4 113.9 114.4 115.4 115.7 EU25 102.8 105.7 110.3 110.9 111.7 112.3 112.8 113.8 114.6 115.3 116.5 116.8 117.2 117.7 117.9 BE 103.5 107.2 109.4 109.4 109.4 109.5 109.5 109.9 110.0 110.8 112.7 112.5 113.4 114.5 114.8 CZ 101.5 106.5 110.7 110.5 110.6 110.6 110.8 111.3 111.0 110.3 111.4 111.6 111.7 112.1 112.4 DK 112.1 114.5 124.2 125.4 126.7 127.8 129.7 130.5 132.0 130.0 131.2 133.7 135.2 134.8 132.7 DE 103.9 105.6 109.9 110.4 111.0 111.3 111.8 112.6 112.5 112.8 114.1 114.9 115.5 116.6 116.7 EE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : EL 107.4 112.9 117.1 118.6 119.2 120.2 122.0 123.0 122.0 122.8 124.9 125.4 126.1 127.8 128.0 ES 103.4 107.3 111.8 112.1 112.7 113.6 114.5 114.9 114.7 114.7 116.4 117.3 117.6 118.3 119.1 FR 101.6 103.8 106.4 106.8 107.4 107.7 108.3 108.6 108.4 108.3 109.3 109.4 109.8 110.6 110.8 IE 105.7 106.6 108.3 108.5 109.2 109.0 109.2 109.8 109.8 109.8 109.7 110.2 110.5 110.5 110.5 IT 103.4 106.4 109.8 110.5 110.8 111.4 111.7 112.6 112.2 112.6 113.9 114.3 115.0 116.2 117.0 CY 106.6 113.6 118.7 118.8 121.4 121.5 121.8 122.0 122.1 122.4 121.7 122.2 122.3 122.7 123.1 LV : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : LT 96.8 100.9 104.6 106.0 106.8 108.0 109.1 110.0 108.5 108.2 111.1 111.7 111.6 112.0 112.1 LU 107.7 118.7 119.2 119.2 120.5 120.5 123.3 123.5 122.5 122.6 127.9 129.9 131.2 132.1 : HU 113.6 125.0 136.0 136.1 136.2 137.5 138.3 139.0 140.0 140.0 141.7 142.4 143.5 144.6 145.4 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 102.7 105.5 111.2 112.6 114.4 115.2 116.8 118.3 117.6 118.4 121.4 122.0 121.9 122.5 122.0 AT 99.3 101.0 103.9 104.6 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.4 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.0 106.7 107.6 : PL 104.5 113.9 115.3 115.9 116.0 116.2 116.1 116.2 116.0 115.5 115.8 115.8 116.3 118.2 : PT 105.0 107.0 111.0 110.9 112.0 112.5 112.8 112.8 112.1 112.0 114.2 115.0 115.5 116.2 117.4 SI 117.4 122.4 125.6 125.6 125.4 125.7 126.1 126.4 126.4 126.9 126.8 127.6 128.1 128.5 128.6 SK 118.2 121.7 126.5 127.7 128.5 129.5 130.1 130.8 133.1 132.3 134.2 136.1 137.0 137.9 139.0 FI 99.3 99.4 100.5 101.0 101.3 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.4 102.4 102.8 103.6 104.5 105.3 106.0 SE 106.6 109.5 112.8 112.9 113.4 114.0 114.7 115.2 116.1 116.6 118.0 118.5 119.4 119.9 119.2 UK 99.1 102.7 111.9 112.8 114.7 116.0 116.4 119.2 125.5 128.9 129.2 128.4 127.7 126.0 125.4 : Data not available
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)
05/03 05/04 05/05 06/05 07/05 08/05 09/05 10/05 11/05 12/05 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 Euro area 103.1 104.9 106.9 106.8 106.7 106.8 107.0 107.3 107.5 107.7 108.1 108.5 108.8 109.2 109.7 EU25 103.3 105.2 107.5 107.4 107.4 107.5 107.7 108.0 108.2 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 109.8 110.3 BE 100.8 103.8 105.7 105.6 105.6 105.8 105.8 106.2 106.4 107.2 108.0 107.9 108.8 : : CZ 102.2 106.3 108.7 108.3 108.1 107.9 107.6 107.8 107.8 107.4 107.3 107.6 107.6 107.9 108.1 DK 110.1 112.1 116.6 116.5 116.6 117.0 117.0 116.8 117.1 117.9 117.5 117.4 117.4 118.4 118.7 DE 102.2 103.2 105.4 105.4 105.2 105.3 105.6 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.4 106.6 106.8 107.4 107.8 EE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : EL 109.8 115.7 118.1 118.5 118.5 118.8 119.5 120.9 121.6 122.6 124.4 124.9 125.2 126.3 126.8 ES 105.2 108.4 111.4 111.3 111.4 111.6 112.0 112.3 112.4 112.7 113.9 114.6 115.0 115.3 115.9 FR 102.6 103.7 105.2 105.1 105.1 105.1 105.1 105.4 105.7 105.7 106.2 106.4 106.7 106.9 107.2 IE 106.4 109.3 110.4 110.8 111.0 110.8 110.9 111.2 111.6 111.7 112.2 112.7 112.9 113.2 113.1 IT 104.3 107.1 109.0 108.8 108.8 108.9 109.0 109.0 109.3 109.5 110.0 110.5 111.0 111.5 112.1 CY 110.6 116.4 121.2 121.3 121.7 121.9 122.1 122.5 122.7 123.1 123.0 123.6 123.7 124.1 124.7 LV : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : LT 97.9 101.4 102.3 102.6 103.2 103.2 103.4 104.0 104.2 104.2 105.1 105.7 105.5 105.7 106.2 LU 108.6 123.9 122.5 121.6 119.6 119.7 123.3 123.6 122.8 123.1 124.1 126.3 128.0 128.7 : HU 113.5 121.1 126.4 126.2 125.8 126.3 126.7 127.2 127.7 127.2 128.1 128.3 128.9 129.9 130.4 MT : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : NL 104.7 106.3 108.9 108.9 109.0 109.1 109.2 110.6 110.3 110.3 110.8 111.0 111.2 111.9 112.2 AT 99.4 99.8 101.1 101.0 100.8 101.0 100.9 101.0 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.3 101.5 101.7 : PL 99.6 108.4 108.0 107.9 107.6 107.8 107.7 107.7 108.1 108.0 107.4 107.4 107.7 109.4 : PT 102.9 104.5 105.8 105.7 105.6 106.0 105.7 105.9 105.9 106.4 106.8 107.3 107.5 107.8 108.8 SI 118.2 123.0 126.7 126.6 126.4 126.6 127.0 127.3 127.3 127.5 127.3 127.9 128.6 129.0 129.2 SK 108.0 109.8 111.0 110.6 110.3 110.3 110.2 110.4 110.7 110.6 110.4 110.8 110.9 111.1 111.3 FI 96.6 95.3 96.2 96.4 96.4 96.5 96.5 96.8 97.0 97.1 97.3 97.6 97.9 98.5 99.0 SE 103.0 104.8 108.2 108.4 108.4 108.8 109.2 109.1 109.7 110.1 110.6 110.9 111.2 112.0 112.7 UK 101.3 103.3 106.4 106.3 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.1 107.3 107.5 107.9 108.1 108.4 108.9 109.1 : Data not available
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)
