Price drop of industrial output in Romania was below the EU average in April

The price of manufactured goods recorded, in April 2025, against the previous month, a 2.2% drop in the euro area and a 2.1% decline in EU, according to data released by Eurostat.   Prices of industrial production dropped in most member states, but the most important were recorded in Bulgaria ( -4.9%), France (- 4.3%) and Ireland (- 4.0%). In Romania, industrial production prices recorded a drop of 1.8% in April, after decline of 3.1% in March.   Eurostat shows that the evolution of industrial production prices in EU was influenced by a 7.1% drop or energy prices in April, compared to March.   At annual rate, industrial output prices went up by 0.7% in the euro zone and by 0.6% in EU. The most important increases were recorded in Bulgaria (17%), Ireland (5.4%) and Greece (5.3%). In Romania, industrial production prices recorded an advance of 1.6% in April, following a 3.2% increase in March.   The change of prices at factory doors is usually blamed on final consumers and can be an indicator of inflation evolution which the Central European Bank has in view, through its monetary policy.   Previously, the National Statistics Institute (INS) released its own data, according to which overall industrial production prices (domestic and foreign markets) went up by 1.8% in April 2025, against the same period of 2024, but went down by 1.4% compared to March 2025.   At domestic market level, the price index of industrial production recorded a drop of 1.7% in April 2025 against the previous month and an increase of 1.66% compared to April 2024.   In the foreign market, in April against the previous monthm industrial output prices were lower by 0.75% and against April 2024 there was a rise of 2.06%.   In big industrial groups, in April 2025 against April 2024, industrial production price increases were found in capital goods industry (+2.40%), currently used goods (5.37%), long use goods industry (+2.48%) and intermediate goods industry (+2.44%). The energy industry recorded a drop of 1.07%.   Reported to the reference period, INS data show the fact that prices went up in water distribution, sanitation, waste management, decontamination activities (+11.18%), processing industry (1.05%), extraction industry (11.61%) and the prodution and supply of electric and thermal energy, gas, warm water and air conditioning (2.58%).