In June 2013, compared with the previous month, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector remained stable in both the euro area and the EU27. In both zones, intermediate goods fell by 0.2%, durable consumer goods remained stable and non-durable consumer goods increased by 0.3%. Prices for both the energy sector and capital goods remained stable in the euro area and rose by 0.1% in the EU27.
Among the Member States for which data are available, prices remained stable in Germany, Spain, Cyprus, Romania, Slovenia and Finland. The highest increases in the total index were observed in Estonia (+6.7%),Denmark (+0.5%), Italy and Malta (both +0.4%), and the largest decreases in Lithuania (-0.8%), the Netherlands (-0.4%), Latvia, Austria and the United Kingdom (all -0.3%).
Annual comparison
In June 2013, compared with June 2012, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU27. Non-durable consumer goods rose by 2.3% and 2.4% respectively. Durable consumer goods increased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU27. In both zones, capital goods gained 0.6% while intermediate goods decreased by 0.4%. Prices in the energy sector fell by 0.6% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU27.
Among the Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in the total index were observed in Estonia (+14.2%), Romania (+4.9%) and Denmark (+3.6%), and the largest decreases in Cyprus (-2.1%), Poland (-1.3%) and Sweden (-1.2%).
