Wholesale prices in Germany rose 1.2% year-on-year in September 2025, quickening from a 0.7% increase in the previous month and marking the 10th consecutive month of gains. It was also the fastest rise since March, driven by higher costs for food, beverages, and tobacco (4.2%), particularly coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices (22.2%), sugar and bakery products (14.5%), live animals (10.7%), meat and meat products (10.5%), and dairy, eggs, and oils (5.6%). Prices for non-ferrous ores and metals also surged 23.5%. By contrast, declines were recorded in processing and peripheral equipment (-4.6%), scrap and residues (-9.2%), grains, raw tobacco, seeds, and animal feed (-5.2%), as well as iron, steel, and semi-finished products (-4.1%). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices rose 0.2%, in line with forecasts and rebounding from a 0.6% fall in August, marking the first monthly gain since June.
