German Import Prices Fall the Most in 21 Months in World Economy News 31/01/2026 Germany’s import prices dropped 2.3% year-on-year in December 2025, following a 1.9% decline in the previous month and compared with market expectations of a 2.6% fall. This marked the ninth consecutive month of declining import prices and the steepest drop since March 2024, driven largely by a sharp fall in energy costs (-20.6%), particularly natural gas (-23.4%), crude oil (-23.2%), hard coal (-20.9%), electricity (-14.0%), and mineral oil products (-13.1%). Excluding energy, import prices were down 0.3%. Prices for capital goods also decreased by 0.5%. On a monthly basis, import prices edged down 0.1% in December, compared with market expectations of a 0.4% decline, after a 0.5% increase in November, which was the fastest monthly gain in 10 months. Source: Trading Economics 2026-01-31 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