INSTAT reported that the Import Price Index (IPI) dropped by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to a 1.3% fall a year earlier. The index also declined by 0.2% from the second quarter of 2025.

Compared with the same period in 2024, prices for imported products in “Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply” fell by 4.6%. “Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” decreased by 0.7%, while “Manufacturing” dropped by 0.3%.

In contrast, the “Mining and quarrying” sector rose by 0.4%. Within “Manufacturing,” food product prices fell the most, down 1.7%. Prices of “Wood and wood products, except furniture” dropped by 1.2%, “Wearing apparel” by 0.8%, “Beverages” by 0.6%, and “Chemicals and chemical products” by 0.5%.

INSTAT noted increases in “Other manufacturing industries” by 1.3%, “Tobacco products” by 1.1%, and “Printing and reproduction of recorded media” by 0.8%.