(LUXEMBOURG) – Industrial producer prices rose by 0.3% in the eurozone in March compared with a month earlier, according to estimates from Eurostat, and by 0.4% in the EU as a whole.
In February 2016 prices fell by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU28.
Compared with a year earlier, industrial producer prices decreased by 4.2% in the euro area and by 4.1% in the EU28.
The 0.3% increase in industrial producer prices in total industry in the euro area in March 2016, compared with February 2016, is due to rises of 1.2% in the energy sector and of 0.2% for durable consumer goods. Prices remained stable for capital goods, while they fell by 0.1% for both intermediate goods and non-durable consumer goods. Prices in total industry excluding energy decreased by 0.1%.
In the EU28, the 0.4% increase is due to rises of 1.9% in the energy sector and of 0.2% for durable consumer goods. Prices remained stable for capital goods, while they fell by 0.1% for both intermediate goods and non-durable consumer goods. Prices in total industry excluding energy remained stable.
The highest increases in industrial producer prices were observed in Greece (+1.8%), Estonia (+1.6%), Belgium (+1.4%) and the United Kingdom (+1.2%), and the largest decreases in Cyprus (-1.6%), Lithuania and Slovakia (both -0.7%).
