Germany Wholesale Prices Rise the Most in 3 Years in World Economy News 15/04/2026 Germany’s wholesale prices surged 4.1% year-on-year in March 2026, accelerating from a 1.2% growth in the prior three months and marking the 16th consecutive increase. It was also the fastest rise since February 2023, driven by a 17.8 jump in prices of petroleum products and a 48.4% climb in the cost of non-ferrous ores, non-ferrous metals, and related semi-finished products. Prices were also higher for sugar, confectionery, and baked goods (6.1%), and tobacco products (5.9%). In contrast, prices declined for coffee, tea, cocoa and spices (-8.9%), milk, dairy products, eggs, edible oils and edible fats (-8.3%), flour and cereal products (-5.8%), and cereals, raw tobacco, seeds, and animal feed (-3.4%). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices increased 2.7%, picking up from 0.6% in February and topping market estimates of a 0.4% rise. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-15 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share