Germany’s import prices increased 2.1% year-on-year in March 2025, slowing from a 3.6% rise in February, which was the fastest pace since January 2023. This marks the softest price import inflation since last December, mainly boosted by higher costs for consumer goods (+3.6%), with durables (+1.0%) and non-durables (+4.2%) seeing notable price increases. Prices also advanced for agricultural goods (+12.3%) and energy (+2.4%), lifted by soaring electricity prices (+46.5%) and natural gas (+34.6%). Additionally, costs rose for intermediate goods (+1.9%) and capital goods (+0.2%). Excluding energy, import prices climbed 2.2% from a year earlier. On a monthly basis, import prices fell 1.0%, the first monthly decline in six months and the steepest fall since December 2023, reversing a 0.3% rise in February and compared to market estimates of a 0.7% drop. source: Federal Statistical Office
Import Prices YoY in Germany decreased to 2.10 percent in March from 3.60 percent in February of 2025. Import Prices YoY in Germany averaged 2.05 percent from 1963 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 35.00 percent in March of 1974 and a record low of -18.20 percent in July of 1986. This page includes a chart with historical data for Germany Import Prices YoY. Germany Import Prices YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2025.
Import Prices YoY in Germany decreased to 2.10 percent in March from 3.60 percent in February of 2025. Import Prices YoY in Germany is expected to be 0.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Germany Import Prices YoY is projected to trend around 1.80 percent in 2026 and 1.60 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.