Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU

Up by 4.9% in both the euro area and the EU compared with April 2025

Overview

In April 2026, compared with March 2026, industrial producer prices increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2026, industrial producer prices grew by 3.4% in the euro area and by 3.1% in the EU.

In April 2026, compared with April 2025, industrial producer prices increased by 4.9% in both the euro area and the EU.

Industrial producer prices on the domestic market

Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

In the euro area in April 2026, compared with March 2026, industrial producer prices

increased by 1.8% for intermediate goods,
decreased by 0.4% for energy,
increased by 0.3% for capital goods,
increased by 0.3% for durable consumer goods,
remained stable for non-durable consumer goods.

Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 0.9%.

In the EU, industrial producer prices

increased by 1.8% for intermediate goods,
increased by 0.3% for energy,
increased by 0.3% for capital goods,
increased by 0.3% for durable consumer goods,
remained stable for non-durable consumer goods.

Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 0.9%.

The highest monthly increases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Denmark (+3.0%), Croatia (+2.7%) and Belgium (+2.4%). Decreases were observed in France (-2.1%), Estonia (-0.8%) and Sweden (-0.3%).

Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

In the euro area in April 2026, compared with April 2025, industrial producer prices

increased by 3.9% for intermediate goods,
increased by 12.3% for energy,
increased by 2.1% for capital goods,
increased by 2.7% for durable consumer goods,
decreased by 0.2% for non-durable consumer goods.

Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 2.3%.

In the EU, industrial producer prices

increased by 3.7% for intermediate goods,
increased by 12.6% for energy,
increased by 1.9% for capital goods,
increased by 2.5% for durable consumer goods,
decreased by 0.2% for non-durable consumer goods.

Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 2.1%.

The highest annual increases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Bulgaria (+14.5%), Lithuania (+13.1%) and Romania (+11.5%). Decreases were observed in Luxembourg (-3.7%), Estonia (-1.2%), Cyprus (-0.7%) and Latvia (-0.6%).

Tables

Industrial producer prices on the domestic market % change compared with previous month
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area
Total industry	0.8	-0.3	0.7	-0.6	3.4	0.6
Total industry excluding energy	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.9
Intermediate goods	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.8
Energy	2.8	-1.2	1.3	-2.5	11.0	-0.4
Capital goods	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3
Durable consumer goods	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3
Non-durable consumer goods	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0
EU
Total industry	0.8	-0.4	0.8	-0.5	3.1	0.7
Total industry excluding energy	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.9
Intermediate goods	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.8
Energy	2.6	-1.4	1.6	-1.8	10.0	0.3
Capital goods	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.3
Durable consumer goods	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.3
Non-durable consumer goods	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Industrial producer prices on the domestic market % change compared with previous month
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area	0.8	-0.3	0.7	-0.6	3.4	0.6
EU	0.8	-0.4	0.8	-0.5	3.1	0.7
Belgium	0.8	0.4	1.7	0.3	2.1	2.4
Bulgaria	1.6	1.4	7.1	0.2	-2.5	1.2
Czechia	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	0.1	1.5	1.4
Denmark	1.5	-1.9	1.2	1.4	2.3	3.0
Germany	0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5	2.5	1.2
Estonia	0.4	-3.0	13.7	0.1	-12.3	-0.8
Ireland	4.4	-2.8	4.0	-2.6	5.0	0.4
Greece	1.6	-1.0	0.0	1.5	5.2	0.3
Spain	-0.4	0.3	0.6	-3.0	6.2	1.7
France	2.8	0.2	0.6	-0.3	1.9	-2.1
Croatia	0.6	-0.4	-0.2	3.8	0.9	2.7
Italy	1.3	-0.9	2.0	-0.8	5.9	0.1
Cyprus	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	0.1	-1.0	0.3
Latvia	0.4	-1.5	3.2	0.3	-3.9	0.2
Lithuania	1.1	-0.8	1.3	1.5	7.1	2.2
Luxembourg	-0.2	0.0	-3.5	0.4	0.5	0.4
Hungary	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	3.4	0.0
Malta	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0
Netherlands	0.3	-1.1	1.6	-0.3	2.4	2.1
Austria	0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.5
Poland	0.0	-0.4	-0.3	0.5	3.8	0.7
Portugal	-0.4	0.5	-0.2	-1.7	3.0	2.1
Romania	-0.1	0.1	2.6	-1.6	1.6	1.7
Slovenia	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3
Slovakia	-0.9	0.3	-0.6	0.2	-1.0	2.1
Finland	0.3	-1.6	6.9	2.7	-5.3	2.2
Sweden	1.9	-1.1	5.1	0.5	-2.1	-0.3
Norway	3.3	-0.5	6.1	0.7	0.0	1.9
Switzerland	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.3	0.3
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Industrial producer prices on the domestic market % change compared with same month of previous year
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area
Total industry	-1.3	-2.0	-2.1	-3.0	2.0	4.9
Total industry excluding energy	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.4	2.3
Intermediate goods	0.5	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	3.9
Energy	-6.0	-8.4	-8.9	-11.7	4.0	12.3
Capital goods	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.7	2.1
Durable consumer goods	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.4	2.7
Non-durable consumer goods	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	-0.2
EU
Total industry	-1.1	-1.9	-1.9	-2.7	2.0	4.9
Total industry excluding energy	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.3	2.1
Intermediate goods	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.0	1.7	3.7
Energy	-5.3	-7.7	-7.9	-10.5	4.3	12.6
Capital goods	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.9
Durable consumer goods	1.8	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5
Non-durable consumer goods	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	-0.2
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Industrial producer prices on the domestic market % change compared with same month of previous year
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area	-1.3	-2.0	-2.1	-3.0	2.0	4.9
EU	-1.1	-1.9	-1.9	-2.7	2.0	4.9
Belgium	0.4	-0.2	0.9	1.0	3.6	8.1
Bulgaria	13.8	9.8	11.7	9.2	7.5	14.5
Czechia	-1.3	-2.1	-2.9	-2.8	-1.1	1.1
Denmark	-0.7	-3.1	-3.5	-3.8	1.7	7.2
Germany	-2.2	-2.4	-2.9	-3.2	0.0	1.9
Estonia	3.2	-0.9	11.9	2.4	-2.4	-1.2
Ireland	-3.6	-4.9	-6.9	-4.6	1.9	6.5
Greece	0.9	-0.5	-2.1	-0.6	3.3	5.9
Spain	-2.4	-3.0	-2.9	-6.9	3.1	8.2
France	-1.5	-2.0	-2.3	-2.4	0.0	2.1
Croatia	2.9	0.1	-1.7	1.7	2.9	8.1
Italy	-0.3	-2.0	-2.1	-3.7	5.4	8.8
Cyprus	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.4	-0.7	-0.7
Latvia	1.4	-0.4	3.2	-0.6	-1.2	-0.6
Lithuania	0.1	-1.8	-1.6	-0.9	7.4	13.1
Luxembourg	-8.2	-8.3	-11.0	-10.4	-10.8	-3.7
Hungary	-1.7	-2.0	-2.8	-3.0	1.3	2.2
Malta	1.0	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.3
Netherlands	-0.6	-1.5	-1.7	-2.8	1.5	5.4
Austria	-2.8	-3.6	-3.0	-2.7	-1.1	1.3
Poland	-2.0	-2.1	-2.4	-1.9	1.8	3.1
Portugal	-3.8	-3.7	-1.9	-4.3	0.6	4.5
Romania	4.8	6.3	9.1	2.7	7.6	11.5
Slovenia	1.3	1.2	2.0	2.9	2.4	2.5
Slovakia	0.8	-0.4	-1.3	-0.3	-1.3	2.6
Finland	1.6	0.1	4.9	7.9	2.2	5.4
Sweden	2.6	1.3	4.2	3.5	4.1	5.8
Norway	2.1	1.0	4.6	4.2	8.4	11.0
Switzerland	-0.5	-0.7	-0.9	-1.5	-1.3	-1.2
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Industrial producer prices indices on the domestic market for total industry (base year 2021)
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area	125.1	124.7	125.6	124.8	129.0	129.8
EU	126.8	126.3	127.3	126.7	130.6	131.5
Belgium	120.3	120.8	122.8	123.2	125.8	128.8
Bulgaria	145.5	147.5	158.0	158.3	154.4	156.3
Czechia	129.7	129.4	128.5	128.6	130.5	132.3
Denmark	148.9	146.1	147.9	149.9	153.4	158.0
Germany	126.6	126.2	125.5	124.9	128.0	129.5
Estonia	133.7	129.7	147.5	147.7	129.6	128.6
Ireland	108.5	105.5	109.7	106.8	112.1	112.5
Greece	125.1	123.9	123.9	125.8	132.3	132.7
Spain	124.8	125.2	125.9	122.1	129.7	131.9
France	123.0	123.3	124.0	123.6	125.9	123.2
Croatia	131.1	130.6	130.4	135.3	136.5	140.2
Italy	127.0	125.8	128.3	127.3	134.8	135.0
Cyprus	124.4	124.6	123.8	123.9	122.7	123.1
Latvia	140.9	138.8	143.3	143.8	138.2	138.5
Lithuania	134.7	133.6	135.4	137.4	147.1	150.4
Luxembourg	140.2	140.2	135.3	135.8	136.5	137.1
Hungary	185.5	185.3	185.3	184.9	191.1	191.1
Malta	110.4	110.3	110.6	110.9	111.3	111.3
Netherlands	122.9	121.6	123.6	123.2	126.2	128.8
Austria	118.3	117.7	117.7	117.8	119.9	120.5
Poland	122.4	121.9	121.5	122.1	126.7	127.6
Portugal	115.1	115.7	115.5	113.5	116.9	119.4
Romania	167.7	167.8	172.2	169.5	172.2	175.1
Slovenia	133.0	133.3	133.7	134.2	134.4	134.8
Slovakia	135.3	135.7	134.9	135.2	133.9	136.7
Finland	118.1	116.2	124.2	127.6	120.8	123.4
Sweden	122.2	120.8	127.0	127.6	124.9	124.5
Norway	140.8	140.1	148.7	149.8	149.8	152.7
Switzerland	112.3	112.2	111.8	111.3	111.6	111.9
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Industrial producer prices indices on the domestic market for total industry excluding energy (base year 2021)
	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26
Euro area	119.3	119.4	120.1	120.3	120.8	121.9
EU	119.6	119.7	120.3	120.5	121.0	122.1
Belgium	125.4	126.7	129.3	129.2	129.2	130.9
Bulgaria	144.1	145.3	147.5	149.5	150.2	150.2
Czechia	120.0	119.9	120.1	120.0	120.5	121.7
Denmark	121.2	121.3	121.2	121.4	121.5	122.0
Germany	120.8	120.9	121.5	121.6	122.2	123.0
Estonia	123.5	123.9	125.0	125.1	125.6	126.4
Ireland	116.6	116.7	117.1	118.7	120.1	119.9
Greece	118.1	118.4	118.6	119.0	119.4	119.6
Spain	118.0	118.0	118.7	119.0	119.6	121.2
France	118.0	118.1	118.6	118.7	119.0	119.7
Croatia	119.4	119.3	119.2	119.4	119.3	119.5
Italy	116.0	116.0	116.5	116.7	117.2	117.9
Cyprus	120.7	121.0	121.2	121.5	121.8	122.1
Latvia	129.3	129.1	129.6	129.3	129.8	130.5
Lithuania	123.4	123.2	124.5	123.9	124.3	126.9
Luxembourg	119.1	119.2	119.7	120.7	121.6	122.5
Hungary	147.2	147.3	147.8	148.1	149.4	150.1
Malta	122.5	122.4	122.9	123.8	124.5	124.5
Netherlands	120.0	119.8	120.3	120.6	121.5	125.1
Austria	118.1	118.3	118.7	119.1	119.5	120.8
Poland	113.2	112.8	112.6	112.9	113.7	114.4
Portugal	118.1	118.3	118.9	119.4	120.1	120.9
Romania	133.9	135.2	135.7	136.2	137.1	138.5
Slovenia	126.2	126.4	126.9	127.5	128.4	128.9
Slovakia	120.9	121.4	120.9	119.9	119.8	122.6
Finland	119.3	119.1	119.6	120.2	120.6	121.2
Sweden	126.0	126.2	127.0	127.1	127.5	128.6
Norway	133.1	133.5	138.5	140.1	140.0	140.5
Switzerland	108.8	108.7	108.6	108.0	107.9	108.0
Source dataset: sts_inppd_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 6 May 2026, the monthly percentage increase for March 2026 remained unchanged at +3.4% in the euro area and has been revised from +3.2% to +3.1% in the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +2.1% to +2.0% in the euro area and remained unchanged at +2.0% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of producer prices shows (in the national currency of the country concerned) changes in the ex-works sale prices of all products sold on the domestic market, excluding imports. Euro area and EU indices refer to overall weighted price changes. The figures are not calendar day or seasonally adjusted.

Total industry covers NACE rev.2 sections B to D + E36.

Geographical information

Euro area (EA21) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU27) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.