Manufacturing output prices over 20 percent up in October

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that prices of Dutch-manufactured products were on average 20.2 percent up in October 2021 year-on-year. In the previous month, prices were 17.0 percent up.

Producer prices
YearMonthchange (year-on-year % change)
2017November3.8
2017December2.1
2018January1.5
2018February0.3
2018March0.6
2018April1
2018May3.7
2018June5
2018July5.4
2018August5.2
2018September4.8
2018October5.3
2018November2.7
2018December0.6
2019January1
2019February2.1
2019March2.6
2019April3.3
2019May2
2019June0.4
2019July0.1
2019August-0.8
2019September-0.7
2019October-1.5
2019November0.2
2019December2.9
2020January2.2
2020February0.9
2020March-3.8
2020April-8
2020May-7.8
2020June-5.5
2020July-4.8
2020August-4.2
2020September-5.3
2020October-5
2020November-4.6
2020December-4.1
2021January-1.8
2021February0.9
2021March7.1
2021April12.3
2021May13.1
2021June12.6
2021July14
2021August15.1
2021September17
2021October20.2

Soaring crude oil prices

Output prices are strongly affected by crude oil price developments. In October 2021, the crude oil barrel price stood at approximately 72 euros, more than double the amount in October 2020. In September, the price of a barrel of crude North Sea Brent oil was almost 64 euros on average, 78.5 percent higher than in the same month last year.

In October, prices of petroleum derivatives were up by 102.6 percent year-on-year. In September, they were up by 81.2 percent. In the chemical industry as well, output prices are generally linked to crude oil price developments. Output prices of chemical products were 39.4 percent higher in October than in the same month last year. In September, prices increased by 36.2 percent year-on-year.

Prices in all of the manufacturing industries were higher in October 2021 than in the same month last year.

Producer prices manufacturing by sector*, October 2021
Category% change (year-on-year % change)
Petroleum products102.6
Chemical products39.4
Rubber and plastic12.9
Metal products11.3
Food products10.8
Cars4.2
Machinery3
Electronic products2.2
*Altogether, the eight industries referred to account for almost 80 percent of the total Dutch manufacturing industry

Prices of manufactured products increased in October

Manufacturing output prices rose by 3.0 percent in October relative to September. They increased by 3.0 percent on both the export market and the domestic market.

Index producer prices
YearMonth(2015=100) (2015=100)
2017November103.1
2017December103.1
2018January103.7
2018February103.2
2018March103.5
2018April104.2
2018May105.7
2018June106.1
2018July106.2
2018August106.4
2018September107.1
2018October107.7
2018November105.9
2018December103.7
2019January104.7
2019February105.3
2019March106.2
2019April107.7
2019May107.9
2019June106.5
2019July106.3
2019August105.5
2019September106.1
2019October106
2019November106.1
2019December106.7
2020January107
2020February106.3
2020March102.2
2020April99.1
2020May99.4
2020June100.6
2020July101.2
2020August101.1
2020September100.5
2020October100.8
2020November101.2
2020December102.3
2021January105
2021February107.2
2021March109.4
2021April111.2
2021May112.5
2021June113.3
2021July115.4
2021August116.4
2021September117.6
2021October121.2