Manufactured goods see slight price hike in Oct

The producer prices for manufactured products rose by an average of 0.2 per cent from October 2024 to October 2025, according to Statistics Finland.

The prices in domestic market rose by 1.7 per cent, while the producer prices of export products went down by 1.3 per cent.

The prices went up by an average of 0.2 per cent from a year ago.

The rise in the producer prices was particularly caused by higher prices of electricity and food products compared with last year's October.

The increase in prices was curbed especially by the decrease in prices of paper and paper products and basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys from a year ago.

The export price index went down by 1.3 per cent in a year. The fall in export prices was especially due to lower prices of paper and paper products and basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys compared with last year’s October.

The fall in export prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals and other inorganic basic chemicals.

The import price index went down by 1.7 per cent in a year. The decrease in import prices was, in turn, especially caused by lower prices of crude petroleum and natural gas and refined petroleum products compared with last year’s October. The fall in prices was curbed especially by the increase in prices of other chemical products.

The basic price index for domestic supply fell by 0.7 per cent and the basic price index for domestic supply including taxes went down by 0.7 per cent from a year ago.

From September to October, producer prices for manufactured products went up by 0.3 per cent.

The increase in producer prices was particularly caused by the higher prices of electricity and basic metals compared with the previous month.

The rise in prices was curbed especially by the decrease in prices of chemicals and chemical products compared with the previous month.