Domestic output prices decreased by 5% on average compared to April 2023, within which they were up by 0.4% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 60.0%, and dropped by 15.3% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 38.6%. Food industry output prices were 5.9% lower.
Prices in Hungary fell by 7.6% in energy and intermediate producer branches together, and rose by 5.3% in capital goods producer and lessened by 1.2% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices were 0.4% lower, within which the prices were up by 4% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 82.9%, and decreased by 26.4% in the energy industry, with a weight of 16.7%.
In January-April 2024, domestic output prices lessened by 5.9% and non-domestic output prices by 3%, so industrial producer prices as a whole were 4% lower.
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