Agricultural products prices

The agricultural price indices provide information on trends in purchase prices of the means of production and producer prices of agricultural products. Since January 2013 indices are calculated with reference to the base year 2010.

In the fourth quarter of 2014:

• the Input price index decreased by 1.3% compared to the previous quarter and by 3.0% in comparison to the same period of the previous year; the monthly indices compared to those of the previous period decreased by 0.5% in October, by 0.1 in November and by 0.5 in December;
• the Output price index rose by 3.6% compared to the previous quarter, and decreased by 2.7% in comparison to the same period of the previous year; the monthly indices compared to those of the previous period rose by 0.4% in October, 4.6% in November and decreased by 3.3% in December.

With reference to the year 2014 compared to the previous year:

• the Input price index decreased by 1.7%;
• the Output price index decreased by 4.2%.

Next release: 21 May 2015