Press release No. 143 of 15 April 2025
Wholesale selling prices, March 2025
+1.3% on the same month a year earlier
-0.2% on the previous month
WIESBADEN – The selling prices in wholesale trade were 1.3% higher in March 2025 than in March 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +1.6% in February 2025, and +0.9% in January 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that wholesale prices in March 2025 were down 0.2% on February 2025.
Higher prices for food, beverages and tobacco, non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous semi-finished metal products
The main reason for the year-on-year increase in wholesale prices (total) in March 2025 were higher prices in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco, with prices up 4.4% from March 2024, on average. The wholesale prices particularly of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices were much higher than a year earlier (+43.5%), as were the prices of sugar, confectionery and bakery products (+16.3%). Milk, milk products, eggs, edible fats and oils (+9.3%) were also considerably more expensive than in the same month a year earlier.
The wholesale selling prices of non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous semi-finished metal products also increased substantially compared with the same month of the previous year (+27.3%).
By contrast, the prices observed in the wholesale of computers and peripheral equipment were 5.6% lower than in March 2024. In the wholesale of iron, steel and ferrous semi-finished metal products, prices were down 5.4%, on average, compared with the same month a year earlier.
Lower year-on-year wholesale prices were also recorded for live animals (-3.2%) and mineral oil products (-3.0%).
More information:
The statistical report (only in German) on the index of wholesale selling prices also includes all the latest results (base year 2021). Long time series are available in the tables on the index of wholesale selling prices (61281-0002 and 61281-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.
Wholesale selling prices can also be found on the Economic Dashboard, which is part of Dashboard Germany (www.dashboard-deutschland.de) (only in German). In this data portal, the Federal Statistical Office brings together up-to-date indicators from official statistics producers and other data providers on the topics of the economy, finance, the labour market, construction, housing, energy and Ukraine. The portal also contains the Economic Pulse Monitor (only in German) tool for real-time economic monitoring.
