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By Maria Martinez
Germany’s producer prices rose strongly in April, driven by higher energy prices, posting the biggest increase ever recorded, the German statistics office Destatis said.
Producer prices rose 33.5% on year, Destatis said.
Energy prices rose 87.3% from a year earlier, it said. Strong gains in the price of natural gas, up 154.8% on year, were a major factor behind the increase, it said.
The producer price index excluding energy rose 16.3% on year, according to Destatis.
Prices of intermediate goods increased 26.0% from a year earlier. Significant price increases were recorded by metals, fertilizers, prepared feeds for farm animals and wooden containers, Destatis said.
Prices of nondurable consumer goods increased by 13.2% on year, prices of durable consumer goods rose 8.3% and capital-goods prices increased by 6.7%, Destatis’s data showed.
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