Industrial inflation in the leading EU economy approaches 30%

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The producer price index in Germany stood at 28,2% in November 2022. Such data are provided by the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). German producer prices rose at a record pace in August and September 2022 due to a sharp rise in energy prices.

In August, the country reached a historical record for the growth of industrial inflation since 1949. Then it reached 45,8%. Previous highs German industry has undergone in March - 30,9%, April - 33,5%. In May, the rise in prices amounted to 33,6%, in July - 37,2%, in August - 45,8%, in October - 34,5%.



The decisive factor in the high performance of the producer price index in November was a significant increase in energy prices due to anti-Russian sanctions, which amounted to 65,8%. The main contribution to the increase in the cost of energy resources was made by the increase in electricity prices, which amounted to 117,2%. Gas prices in Germany rose by 114%, fertilizer prices by 74,9%. The increase in prices for pellets amounted to 126,7%, for fuel oil - 51,3%, for oil products - 21,8%, for fuel - 18,8%.

In Russia, according to Rosstat, industrial inflation in October amounted to 0,8%. Its main reason was the fall in prices in the field of mining, which amounted to 6,4%. Also, for the fifth month in a row, producer prices for chemicals and chemical products continue to decline.

Previously resource OilPrice опубликовал an article that says that Europe did not freeze without Russian gas and raw materials supplies at the beginning of the year at the height of the heating season due to abnormally warm weather, that is, due to a favorable combination of circumstances and luck. But during the year the situation can change dramatically. Analysts say the EU's luck will soon run out and, combined with further cuts in Russia's natural gas exports, will result in energy shortages in Europe next winter and prices skyrocketing.
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  1. Jacques sekavar
    Jacques sekavar
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    5 January 2023 00: 44
    an increase in raw material prices automatically increases the cost of the final product for which the buyer pays and does not affect the income of producers.
    The EU does not freeze in the winter of 22-23, and even more so it will not freeze in the winter of 23-24. The income of the Russian fuel and energy complex directly depends on exports, and the European market is one of the three largest in the world along with China and the USA, and those who want to become exclusive suppliers of “whatever you want ”there are more and more of these markets in the world, and industrial inflation in the EU is not the result of rising energy prices, but the result of the struggle between the US and the EU for leadership and income
  2. Ksv
    Ksv
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    7 January 2023 15: 41
    Previous highs German industry has undergone in March - 30,9%, April - 33,5%. In May, the rise in prices amounted to 33,6%, in July - 37,2%, in August - 45,8%, in October - 34,5%.

    That is, if a conventional unit of production cost 1 euro in May, then in June it cost already 1.30, in July it was plus 37.2% to 1.30, in August, respectively, plus 45,8% 1.8, respectively, in September, about 30% to 2,6 euros, in October another 34,5% to 3.4 euros, that is, a total of approximately 4 1/2 euros. Or did I not understand something?
    Just judging by the news, their total inflation does not exceed 10-20% since the beginning of the year!!!