Industrial Producer Prices Up by 7.9% Year-on-Year in April

In April 2025, industrial producer prices were on average 7.9% higher in Hungary than a year earlier. Domestic sales prices exceeded April 2024 values by 3.9%, while export sales prices exceeded them by 9.9%. The price increase was mainly due to the annual weakening of the forint against the euro and the increase in production costs, the country's Central Statistical Office reports.

Compared to the previous month, domestic sales prices were 1.0% lower and export sales prices were 0.1% lower, resulting in a 0.4% decrease in industrial producer prices overall.

In April 2025, compared to April 2024:
Domestic sales prices rose by an average of 3.9%, including 3.3% in the manufacturing industry, which accounts for 62.7% of the total, and 4.5% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam supply, air conditioning), which accounts for 35.4% of the total. Sales prices in the food industry rose by 7.1%.

Among the sectors classified by purpose, prices rose by 3.0% in the energy and intermediate goods sectors, 5.9% in the capital goods sector, and 5.6% in the consumer goods sector.

Industrial export sales prices were 9.9% higher, with prices rising by 4.8% in the manufacturing industry, which accounts for 91.8% of the total, and by 25.1% in the energy industry, which accounts for 8.0% of the total.

January–April 2025 compared to January–April 2024:
Domestic sales prices were 5.0% higher and export sales prices were 9.7% higher, resulting in an overall increase of 8.1% in industrial producer prices.