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The producer price index of industrial output was up for the third month in a row

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Posted on 22 December 2025, 8:00

The producer price index of industrial output, which expresses changes in the producer prices of industrial goods manufactured in Estonia for the domestic market and for export, increased by 0.2% in November 2025 compared with October and by 1.1% compared with November last year.

Germo Valgenberg, leading analyst in the producer price statistics team at Statistics Estonia, said that, year on year, the producer price index rose for the third month in a row. “The rise in November was slightly bigger than in October and September,” he noted.

“Compared with November 2024, the index was most affected by price increases in electricity and heat energy production and in the manufacture of wood and wood products, peat products and crushed stone,” said Valgenberg. Falling prices in the manufacture of fuel oils, textiles and basic metals had the opposite effect on the index. Producer prices rose by 0.2% year on year in manufacturing as a whole. In the manufacture of food products, prices were up by 1.5%.

Compared with October, the producer price index in November was primarily affected by price increases in electricity production. The index was also influenced by falling prices in the manufacture of wood products, dairy products and building materials.

In November, the export price index was down by 0.1% compared with October. The greatest decreases were registered in the prices of rubber and plastic products, leather products and footwear, agricultural products, and chemicals and chemical products. The biggest increases occurred in the prices of electricity, petroleum products, and basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations. Compared with November 2024, the export price index was up by 1.9%.

The import price index rose by 0.5% in November compared with October. The largest increases were seen in the prices of electricity, metals and beverages. The biggest decreases were recorded for leather products and footwear, wood products, paper and paper products, and in mining and quarrying. Compared with November last year, the import price index was up by 1%

Producer price index of industrial output, export price index and import price index (2010 = 100)

TotalProducer price index of industrial outputExport price indexImport price index
November 2023157.36146.53150.78
December 2023156.17146.01149.30
January 2024159.23149.04153.05
February 2024155.15142.25148.06
March 2024154.52142.76147.46
April 2024155.00144.02147.59
May 2024156.60146.37150.13
June 2024157.71147.20151.29
July 2024158.29148.17151.85
August 2024159.80149.20152.62
September 2024157.33147.41149.61
October 2024157.77149.05150.20
November 2024157.21147.66150.45
December 2024157.89149.68151.19
January 2025159.29150.95153.02
February 2025164.57153.80157.48
March 2025158.79150.10152.87
April 2025157.22148.79151.28
May 2025157.46149.38150.62
June 2025155.31148.40148.52
July 2025154.79147.54148.00
August 2025157.31148.67150.88
September 2025158.15149.64150.86
October 2025158.64150.55151.17
November 2025158.92150.41151.93

Statistics Estonia collects and analyses data for the producer price index of industrial output, export price index and import price index for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, to understand how the Estonian economy is doing.

Data as at 22 December are published. The indicator values may change if there are any revisions made in the data sources after this date.

See also the prices section on our website. More detailed data have been published in the statistical database.

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For further information:

Susann Kivi
Media Relations Manager
Marketing and Dissemination Department
Statistics Estonia
Tel +372 5696 6484
press [at] stat.ee

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