Industrial producer prices on Bulgaria’s domestic market have increased with 12.5% in July 2026 compared to July 2025, shows Eurostat data. This was the third-largest annual increase among EU countries, after Ireland at 14.8% and Lithuania at 12.9%. Luxembourg was the only country to report a decline, at 7.3%.
However, Bulgaria’s annual increase in producer prices in July has decelerated compared to the 18.2% increase observed in June and the 19.3% in May. On a monthly basis, industrial producer prices in Bulgaria increased by 0.6% in July, following a 1.3% decline in June.
In July 2026, compared with July 2025, industrial producer prices increased by 5.8% in the euro area and by 5.6% in the EU. In July 2026, compared with June 2026, industrial producer prices increased by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June 2026, industrial producer prices fell by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU.
The highest monthly increases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Ireland (+4.3%), Spain and Italy (both +3.0%) as well as in Cyprus (+2.3%). The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-3.3%), Finland (-1.6%) and Sweden (-1.1%).
The rise in energy prices is the main factor, contributing to the monthly increase of the industrial producer prices, as the energy costs have increased by 5.6% in the euro area and by 4.7% in the EU. Excluding energy, producer prices were unchanged in the euro area and rose by 0.1% in the EU from June.
Year on year, energy prices increased by 12.9% in the euro area and 12.5% in the EU, while intermediate goods prices rose by 6.3% and 6%, respectively. Excluding energy, producer prices were 3.1% higher in the euro area and 3% higher in the EU than in July 202