site.btaBulgaria Leads EU in Producer Price Increase for Fifth Consecutive Month

Bulgaria recorded the highest annual increase in industrial producer prices among EU Member States for the fifth month in a row in June 2025, Eurostat data and BTA calculations showed Tuesday. In June, producer prices in Bulgaria rose by 8.4% year-on-year, the sharpest increase in the EU. The country first topped the ranking in February, when a 19% annual rise was reported.

On a monthly basis, Bulgaria saw a slight decrease of 0.4% in industrial producer prices. This follows a 3.7% drop in May, which was the largest monthly decline in the EU that month.

Across the euro area, price pressure from producers remained subdued in June. Eurostat reported a 0.8% increase month-on-month and a 0.6% rise year-on-year. In comparison, May's annual growth was 0.3%. Dow Jones economists, cited by Reuters, had forecasted increases of 0.7% monthly and 0.5% annually.

For the EU as a whole, producer prices rose by 0.7% compared to May and 0.6% year-on-year.

Among eurozone countries, the highest annual increases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Greece (5.0%) and Italy (3.9%), while the sharpest declines were seen in Estonia (-5.2%), Lithuania (-2.9%), and Portugal (-2.8%).