In 2018 the index of producer prices for industrial products (domestic sales) for Germany rose by 2.6% on an annual average from the preceding year. In 2017 the index had increased by 2.7% compared with 2016, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

In December 2018 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.7% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In November the annual rate of change all over had been 3.3%.

Compared with the preceding month November the overall index decreased by 0.4% in December 2018 (+0.1% in November 2018 and +0.3% in October 2018).