Import prices were 1.1% lower in May 2025 compared with May 2024. The year-on-year rate of change was -0.4% in April 2025, and +2.1% in March 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that import prices in May 2025 were down 0.7% from April 2025. Export prices in May 2025 were 1.0% higher than in May 2024. The year-on-year rate of change here was also +1.0% in April 2025, and +2.0% in March 2025. Export prices were unchanged compared with April 2025. Energy had the biggest impact on the year-on-year decline in import prices The decrease in energy prices compared with May 2024, at -14.6%, had the ... (full story)