Wholesale selling prices were up 8.8 percent in October 2026 compared to October 2025. In September 2026, the change rate compared to the previous year’s month was +8.7 percent, and in August 2026 it was +6.8 percent.
The price increase in October 2026 was higher than it was last recorded in February 2023 (+9.5 percent compared to February 2022). The continuing hostilities in Iran and the Middle East were the driving factor for the price increase in October 2026, which particularly affected wholesale prices for energy products. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Friday, wholesale prices rose by 0.4 percent in October 2026 compared to September 2026.
The main reason for the overall increase in wholesale prices compared to the previous year’s month was the price increase in mineral oil products in October 2026. Prices in this sector were 47.6 percent higher than in October 2025. Compared to the previous month of September 2026, prices rose by 0.9 percent.
Also significant for the year-on-year development was the price increase in the wholesale of cereals, raw tobacco, seeds, and animal feed (+21.2 percent compared to October 2025, +0.7 percent compared to September 2026). Furthermore, prices in the wholesale of chemical products rose by 18.6 percent compared to October 2025 (+1.1 percent compared to September 2026). Non-ferrous ores, metals, and semi-finished metal products were also more expensive at the wholesale level than in the previous year (+13.8 percent compared to October 2025). However, compared to the previous month, September 2026, prices fell by 1.6 percent. Data processing and peripheral devices increased by 13.4 percent compared to the previous year’s month and by 1.5 percent compared to September 2026.
Conversely, there were price decreases in October 2026, particularly in the wholesale trade of live animals (-15.8 percent compared to October 2025 and -2.7 percent compared to September 2026). Statistically, lower prices compared to the previous year’s month were also seen in wholesale coffee, tea, cocoa, and spices (-8.4 percent compared to October 2025, but +1.4 percent compared to September 2026), as well as milk, dairy products, eggs, cooking oils, and edible fats (-7.1 percent compared to October 2025, but +1.0 percent compared to September 2026).
