Selling more expensive in the domestic market than abroad/Production prices slow down quarter over quarter, water shortage
Data for the third quarter of 2025 show a balanced picture of domestic producer prices, with slight increases in some key sectors, but also decreases in certain industries, especially in energy and some manufacturing subsectors. These movements reflect moderate cost pressures and different supply-demand dynamics, both in the domestic and external markets.
Compared to the base year 2021, the index reached 129.5, recording an annual increase of 0.2%. The sector that contributed the most to this increase was Manufacturing, with an expansion of 0.4%, followed by Extractive Industry and Water Supply and Waste Treatment Services, which increased by 0.2% each.
Within the manufacturing industry, prices increased the most in the activities “Furniture production” and “Beverage production”, each by 1.3%.
In the domestic market, the Producer Price Index increased by 0.3% compared to a year earlier. The manufacturing sector again provided the main impact, with an increase of 0.7%, while water supply and waste treatment increased by 0.2%. On the other hand, the extractive industry recorded a significant decrease of 1.6%.
While for exports, the index marked a modest increase of 0.1%. This time, the growth was led by the extractive industry with 1.6%, followed by water supply and waste treatment services with 0.7%. The electricity, gas and steam sector recorded a decline of 1.3%, as well as the manufacturing industry, which fell slightly by 0.1%.
So, from the data, it is clearly observed that the prices of products for export are moving more slowly and in some sectors are even declining, while prices for the domestic market have a higher growth rate.
Compared to the second quarter of 2025, the overall index decreased by 0.1%. The strongest decline was recorded in the energy sector with 0.3%, while the manufacturing and extractive industries fell by 0.1% each.
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