Data released Monday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) indicates fluctuating wholesale price trends in Germany for August 2025. Overall prices in the wholesale sector were 0.7 percent higher than in August 2024. However, prices decreased by 0.6 percent when compared to July 2025. The year-on-year change in July had been recorded at +0.5 percent, while June registered a +0.9 percent increase.
The primary driver of the overall year-on-year increase was a rise in prices for food and beverages, including tobacco products. These prices averaged 4.2 percent higher in August 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, a contrast to the -0.2 percent change observed in July. Notably, prices for coffee, tea, cocoa and spices saw a significant increase of 17.7 percent at the wholesale level.
Increases were also recorded for sugar, confectionery and baked goods (+14.5 percent), meat and meat products (+9.6 percent), live animals (+8.9 percent) and dairy products, eggs, edible oils and fats (+7.4 percent).
The wholesale sector dealing in non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals and semi-finished products from these materials also experienced a substantial year-on-year price increase of 21.1 percent, with a further rise of 1.6 percent when compared to July 2025.
Conversely, wholesale prices for solid fuels and mineral oil products were significantly lower in August 2025, decreasing by 6.9 percent year-on-year and 4.2 percent compared to July 2025.
Recycled materials and waste also registered a decline, with costs down 10.4 percent compared to August 2024 and a further decrease of 3.3 percent compared to July. Lower prices were also observed in the wholesale trade of data processing and peripheral equipment (-4.9 percent) and iron, steel and related products (-4.6 percent) over the same period.
