ELSTAT: industrial import prices rose 18.7% in September
Prices also increased 4.1% from August. Energy products and imports from outside the euro area recorded larger annual increases.
Greece’s overall Industrial Import Price Index rose 18.7% in September 2026 compared with September 2025, according to figures published by ELSTAT on 13 November. The increase from August 2026 was 4.1%.
The annual rise was 31.2% for imports from outside the euro area and 2.8% for imports from euro-area countries. ELSTAT lists among the main contributors refined petroleum products, up 91.4%, crude petroleum and natural gas extraction, up 57.5%, and electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply, up 24.6%. These changes concern imported product prices in the respective sectors.
The pattern was not uniform: the index for imported food-manufacturing products fell 2.7% year on year. Sector indices carry different weights, so their percentage changes cannot simply be added to obtain the overall index.
The index measures import prices at the country’s border, including freight and insurance but excluding duties and taxes. It is not the consumer price index and does not mean that retail prices or every business’s total costs increased by the same percentage.
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