14.02.2025 - The Producer and Import Price Index rose in January 2025 by 0.1% compared with the previous month to reach 106.4 points (December 2020 = 100). Prices rose in particular for petroleum products, watches, and medical and dental instruments and supplies, while electricity prices fell. Compared with January 2024, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products fell by 0.3%. These are some of the results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
In particular, higher prices for watches were responsible for the increase in the Producer Price Index compared with the previous month. Petroleum products and medical and dental instruments and supplies also became more expensive, as did irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment. In contrast, prices for electricity, metal products and gas fell.
Higher prices compared with December 2024 were recorded in the Import Price Index, particularly for petroleum products. Prices also rose for medical and dental instruments and supplies, petroleum and natural gas, pome and stone fruits, and green coffee, whereas computers and peripheral equipment and pharmaceutical preparations became cheaper.
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