In 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products (domestic sales) for Germany fell by 1.7% on an annual average from the preceding year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). A year before the index had fallen by 1.8%.

In December 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 1.0% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. This was the highest positive annual rate of change since January 2013 (+1.5%). In November 2016 the annual rate of change all over had been +0.1%.

Compared with the preceding month November 2016 the overall index rose by 0.4% in December 2016 (0.3% in November and 0.7% in October).