Industrial producer prices on Bulgaria’s domestic market rose by 3.3% in August 2026 compared with July, the joint-highest monthly increase in the European Union alongside Estonia, according to first estimates released by Eurostat on Monday. Year on year, producer prices in Bulgaria increased by 16.8%, the second-highest rate in the EU after Ireland.
The increase in Bulgaria accelerated from July, when producer prices rose by 0.6% month on month and by 12.5% year on year.
After Bulgaria and Estonia, the largest monthly increases in August were recorded in Italy, at 3.1%, and Denmark, at 3%. On an annual basis, Ireland posted the largest rise, at 17.1%, followed by Bulgaria at 16.8% and Lithuania at 14.6%. Luxembourg was the only Member State to record an annual decline, with prices falling by 7.9%.
Across both the euro area and the EU, industrial producer prices increased by 1.9% in August compared with July. In the previous month, they had risen by 1.6% in the euro area and 1.4% in the EU.
Year on year, producer prices increased by 8.2% in the euro area and by 8% in the EU, compared with rises of 5.8% and 5.6%, respectively, in July.
Energy recorded the strongest monthly increase, with prices rising by 5.6% in the euro area and 5.5% in the EU. Excluding energy, producer prices increased by 0.2% in both areas.
In the euro area, prices increased by 0.4% for intermediate goods and durable consumer goods, by 0.2% for capital goods and by 0.1% for non-durable consumer goods.
In the EU, intermediate goods rose by 0.4%, durable consumer goods by 0.3%, and both capital goods and non-durable consumer goods by 0.2%.
Year on year, energy prices increased by 21% in the euro area and by 20.7% in the EU. Excluding energy, prices rose by 3.4% and 3.3%, respectively.
Intermediate goods increased by 6.8% in the euro area and 6.5% in the EU. Capital goods rose by 2.6% and 2.4%, respectively, while durable consumer goods increased by 3.4% and 3.2%. Prices of non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU.
The producer price index measures changes in the ex-works selling prices of industrial products sold on the domestic market, excluding imports. The figures are neither calendar nor seasonally adjusted.
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