According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March 2026 industrial producer prices increased by 3.4 percent in the euro area and by 3.2 percent in the European Union member states (EU), month on month. On a year-on-year basis, in the given month, industrial producer prices increased by 2.1 percent in the euro area and by 2.0 percent in the EU.
In March 2026, compared with February, prices in the energy sector increased by 11.1 percent in the euro area and by 10.2 percent in the EU. Prices of capital goods increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU, while prices of durable goods went up by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the EU, month on month. In the same month, prices of non-durable goods increased by 0.3 percent in both the euro area and the EU, while prices of intermediate goods increased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.8 percent in the EU, all on a month-on-month basis.
Among member states for which data are available, the highest month-on-month increases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Lithuania (+6.9%), Spain (+6.5%) and Italy (+5.9%), while the largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-12.3%), Finland (-5.3%) and Bulgaria (-2.5%).
In the given month, compared with March 2025, prices in the energy sector increased by 4.2 percent in the euro area and by 4.4 percent in the EU. Prices of intermediate goods increased by 2.0 percent in the euro area and by 1.7 percent in the EU, while prices of durable goods were up by 2.5 percent in the euro area and by 2.3 percent in the EU, all on a year-on-year basis. In the same month, prices of non-durable goods remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.1 percent in the EU, year on year. Prices of capital goods rose by 1.6 percent in both the euro area and the EU countries, year on year.
Among member states for which data are available, the highest year-on-year increases were recorded in Romania (+7.8%), Bulgaria (+7.5%) and Lithuania (+7.2%), while Luxembourg (-4.9%), Estonia (-2.4%) and Slovakia (-1.3%) posted the biggest declines.
