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Domestic output prices rose by 1.2%, while non-domestic output prices increased by 1.3% compared to March 2025. On a monthly basis, producer prices showed a sharper increase: domestic output prices were up 3.3%, non-domestic output prices rose 4.2%, and industrial producer prices as a whole climbed 3.9% from February.
Within domestic output prices, manufacturing prices increased by 1.6% year-on-year. Manufacturing accounted for 67.6% of the domestic industrial producer price index. Prices in the energy industry, which includes electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply and has a 30% weight, edged down by 0.1%.
Among end-use groups, prices rose by 1.7% in energy and intermediate producer branches combined, while consumer goods producer branches recorded a 1.1% increase. Prices in capital goods producer branches were unchanged.
Non-domestic output prices increased by 1.3% year-on-year. Within this, manufacturing export prices fell by 0.8%, while prices in the energy industry jumped by 20.2%, reflecting the international market environment.
In January-March 2026, industrial producer prices were still 1.6% lower on average than in the same period of 2025. Domestic output prices declined by 1.5%, while non-domestic output prices were down 1.7%.
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