The Industrial Producer Price Index (IPPI) for the 1st quarter of 2025 recorded a slight increase of 0.8% compared to the 4th quarter of 2024. This increase was mainly due to higher prices in manufacturing (+1.6%), particularly in agri-food (+4.0%) and metallurgical industries (+5.3%).
However, some sectors experienced price decreases, notably the chemical, pharmaceutical and plastics industry (-2.8%), paper and printing (-3%) and mining and quarrying (-1.5%).
Compared to the first quarter of 2024, i.e. year-on-year, the development of industrial producer prices recorded a substantial increase of 6.3%.