Czech producer prices rise 1% in April

Business & Finance
20 May 2026 • 8:49 PM MYT
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The Czech Republic's industrial producer prices logged a renewed increase in April, figures from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Wednesday.

The industrial producer price index increased 1% yearly in April, reversing a 1.1% drop in March. Moreover, this was the first increase since January 2025.

Among sectors, manufacturing prices grew at a faster pace of 3.1% versus 1.2% a month ago. Similarly, the annual price growth in mining and quarrying accelerated to 1.7% from 0.4%. Meanwhile, the annual decline in prices for utilities eased to 6.4% from 9.2%.

Among the main industrial groupings, energy prices rose 2.5%, and those for intermediate goods were 1.7% higher.

On a monthly basis, producer prices climbed 1.4% in April.