In 2017 the index of producer prices for industrial products (domestic sales) for Germany increased by 2.6% on an annual average from the preceding year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) this was the first increase on an annual average since 2012 (+ 1.6% compared with 2011). In 2016 the index had fallen by 1.7% compared with 2015.

In December 2017 the index of producer prices for industrial products rose by 2.3% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In November 2017 the annual rate of change all over had been +2.5.