Import price indices, August 2024

Import prices lower

In August 2024 import prices were 0.1% lower than in the previous month and 2.4% lower than a year ago. On a monthly basis, we recorded the most noticeable decrease in the group coke and refined petroleum products (3.1%).

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At the monthly level, prices decreased the most in the group coke and refined petroleum products …

Compared to July, in August import prices were 0.1% lower. At the monthly level, the prices of products supplied from the euro area were lower by 0.2%, the prices of products imported from the non-euro were lower by 0.1%.

Compared to July, consumer goods prices decreased by 0.5%, intermediate goods prices by 0.3%, capital goods prices by 0.2%, while energy prices increased by 1.6%.

The highest decrease in August was observed in the section manufactured products (by 0.5%), among which the highest decrease was recorded in the group coke and refined petroleum products (by 3.1%). On the other hand, the highest increase was observed in in the group electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (by 26.3%).

… and at the annual level lower prices in the group crude petroleum and natural gas …

From August 2023 to August 2024 import prices decreased by 2.4%. In the same period the prices of products supplied from the euro area went down by 1.0% and the prices of products imported from the non-euro area by 4.3%.

The prices of imports decreased the most in the section mining and quarrying (by 9.6%), among which the highest decrease was recorded in the group crude petroleum and natural gas (by 11.4%). The prices increased the most in the group electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (by 12.8%).

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Annual growth rates of import prices, Slovenia
Annual growth rates of import prices, Slovenia
Growth rates of Import prices, Slovenia
Aug 2024
Jul 2024
Aug 2024
Dec 2023
Aug 2024
Aug 2023
Jan–Aug2024 
Jan–Aug 2023
Total-0.1-1.0-2.4-2.5
Euro area-0.20.2-1.0-1.2
Non-euro area-0.1-2.7-4.3-4.2
Main industrial groups
Intermediate goods-0.3-1.7-3.4-5.2
Energy1.62.0-1.6-3.8
Capital goods-0.20.90.91.2
Consumer goods-0.5-2.7-3.9-1.1
Products by Classification of Products by Activity (CPA 2015)
B Mining and quarrying-0.1-9.9-9.6-13.0
C Manufactured products-0.5-1.4-2.6-2.0
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning26.334.312.8-23.5
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