Press release No. 168 of 20 May 2016
WIESBADEN – In April 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products fell by 3.1% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In March 2016 the annual rate of change all over also had been –3.1%.
Compared with the preceding month March 2016 the overall index rose by 0.1% in April 2016 (unchanged in March and –0.5% in February 2016).
In April 2016 energy prices decreased by 8.8% compared with April 2015, prices of intermediate goods by 2.6% and prices of non-durable consumer goods by 0.4%. In contrast prices of capital goods rose by 0.6% and prices of durable consumer goods by 1.3%.
The overall index disregarding energy decreased by 1.0% compared with April 2015 and rose slightly by 0.1% compared with March 2016.
Basic data and long time series are available in table Producer price indices for industrial products (61241-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.