Import prices were 1.4% lower in July 2025 than in July 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change in June 2025 was also -1.4%, and -1.1% in May 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)) further reports that import prices in July 2025 were down 0.4% on June 2025.Export prices were 0.6% higher in July 2025 than in July 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +0.7% in June 2025, and +1.0% in May 2025. Compared with June 2025, export prices dropped by 0.2%. Energy had the biggest impact on the year-on-year decline in import prices The decrease in energy ... (full story)