The Budapest Times
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Industrial producer prices drop slightly from April to May

Industrial producer prices were 6.9% higher on average in May 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 3.9% and non-domestic output prices 8.3% higher than in May in the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the annual weakening of the forint exchange rate against the euro and the increase in production costs. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were 0.9% and non-domestic output prices 0.6%, so industrial producer prices as a whole 0.7% lower.

In May 2025 compared to May 2024 domestic output prices increased by 3.9% on average, within which they rose by 3.7% both in manufacturing, representing a weight of 62.7%, and in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 35.4%. Food industry output prices were up by 7.6%.

Prices in Hungary rose by 3.1% in energy and intermediate producer branches together, by 3.9% in capital goods producer and by 6.1% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.

Industrial non-domestic output prices were 8.3% higher, within which the prices increased by 4.4% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 91.8%, and by 16.9% in the energy industry, with a weight of 8.0%.

In January–May 2025 compared to January–May 2024 domestic output prices were 4.8% and non-domestic output prices 9.4% higher, so industrial producer prices as a whole were up by 7.9%.

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