Prices decreased 0.1% in June compared with May but were up an average of 5.1% from June 2024. The increase was largely driven by the annual weakening of the forint against the euro and rising production costs.
Domestic output prices rose 0.6% from May, while non-domestic prices slipped 0.5%, resulting in the slight overall monthly decline. Compared with a year earlier, domestic output prices increased 3.3% and non-domestic prices rose 6%.
Within domestic output, manufacturing prices – which carry a weight of 62.7% – rose 3.3% year over year, while energy industry prices, including electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, increased 2.7%. Food industry output prices climbed 7%.
Prices for energy and intermediate producer branches rose 2.4% year over year, capital goods producer prices increased 4%, and consumer goods producer prices were up 5.6%.
On foreign markets, manufacturing prices rose 2.6% year over year, while energy industry prices jumped 14.7%. Manufacturing accounted for 91.8% of the weight in non-domestic output, while the energy industry represented 8%.
For the first half of 2025, domestic output prices were up 4.5% and non-domestic prices climbed 8.8% compared with the same period in 2024. Overall industrial producer prices increased 7.4% in January through June from a year earlier.
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