German wholesale metal prices down 5.9 percent in March

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:04:44 (GMT+2)

As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in March this year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 2.2 percent higher compared to March 2011, after a revised year-on-year increase of 2.6 percent recorded in February.

In March of the current year, the wholesale prices of ores, metals and semi-finished metal products in Germany were down 5.9 percent as compared to March last year and up 0.7 percent over February this year.