Industrial producer prices up by more than 5 percent

Industrial producer prices were 5.1% higher on average in June 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 3.3% and non-domestic ones 6.0% higher than in June of the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the annual weakening of the HUF exchange rate against the EUR, as well as by the increase in production costs. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices went up by 0.6%, non-domestic output prices lessened by 0.5%, as such industrial producer prices as a whole were 0.1% lower.

In June 2025 compared to June 2024 domestic output prices increased by 3.3% on average, within it they rose by 3.3% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 62.7%, and by 2.7% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 35.4%. Food industry output prices were up by 7.0%.

Prices in Hungary rose by 2.4% in energy and intermediate producer branches together, by 4.0% in capital goods producer and by 5.6% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were 6.0% higher, within it the prices increased by 2.6% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 91.8%, and by 14.7% in the energy industry, with a weight of 8.0%.

In January–June 2025 compared to January–June 2024 domestic output prices were 4.5% and non-domestic output prices 8.8% higher, in consequence industrial producer prices as a whole went up by 7.4%.