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Domestic output prices were up 2.5% year-over-year, while non-domestic output prices increased 0.3%.
Compared with the previous month, domestic output prices rose 1.1% and non-domestic output prices increased 1.6%.
Within domestic output prices, manufacturing prices increased 1.7% from July 2025, while prices in the energy industry, covering electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply, rose 3.4%.
Among branches grouped by end use, domestic output prices increased 4.4% in the combined energy and intermediate producer sectors. Prices fell 1.2% in consumer goods production and 1.5% in capital goods production.
Non-domestic output prices increased 0.3% year-over-year. Manufacturing prices declined 1.6%, while energy industry prices rose 18.4%, reflecting international market trends.
In the January-July period, domestic output prices were 0.5% higher than a year earlier, while non-domestic output prices fell 1.2%.
As a result, industrial producer prices overall decreased 0.7% in the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period of 2025.
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