German Import Prices Rise More than Expected in World Economy News 01/05/2026 Germany’s import prices increased 2.3% year-on-year in March 2026, rebounding from a 2.3% decline in each of the previous three months and above the market forecast of 1.6%. This marked the first increase in import prices since March 2025 and the fastest pace since February 2025, driven largely by a 13.2% rise in energy costs, as prices increased for petroleum products (41.6%) and electricity (4.4%). Intermediate goods prices also rose 4.1%, driven by increases in non-ferrous metals and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (25.8%) and precious metals (58.4%). Capital goods prices also rose 0.6%, while consumer goods prices fell 1.9%, with both durable (-1.1%) and non-durable goods (-2.1%) declining. Meanwhile, agricultural imports fell 6.2%, led by sharp declines in raw cocoa (-57.8%), green coffee (-14.4%), and live pigs (-8.7%). On a monthly basis, import prices rose 3.6%, accelerating sharply from February’s 0.3% and above market expectations of 3.3%. Source: Trading Economics 2026-05-01 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