Industrial Producer Prices 1.2% Higher Annually

Industrial producer prices in Hungary were 1.2% higher on average in March 2026 than in the same period of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office reports.

Domestic output prices went up by 1.2% and non-domestic ones by 1.3% compared to March 2025. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were 3.3% and non-domestic output prices 4.2% higher, so industrial producer prices as a whole rose by 3.9%.

In March 2026 compared to March 2025:
Domestic output prices were up by 1.2% on average, within which they increased by 1.6% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 67.6%, and lessened by 0.1% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 30.0%.

Prices in Hungary rose by 1.7% in energy and intermediate producer branches together and by 1.1% in consumer goods producer branches and were unchanged in capital goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were raised by 1.3%, within which they decreased by 0.8% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 90.1%, but, due to the international environment, were 20.2% higher in the energy industry, with a weight of 9.7%.

In January–March 2026 compared to January–March 2025:
Domestic output prices were 1.5% and non-domestic output prices 1.7% lower, so industrial producer prices as a whole were down by 1.6%.