Increase in manufacturing output prices levelled off further

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports for January 2023 that prices of Dutch-manufactured products were up by an average of 11.0 percent year on year. This is the smallest price increase since April 2021. In December, prices were 14.2 percent higher year on year.

Producer prices
YearMonthchange (year-on-year % change)
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
2021July14.1
2021August15.2
2021September17.1
2021October20.5
2021November20.9
2021December19.8
2022January21.7
2022February22
2022March26.1
2022April29.1
2022May29
2022June30.5
2022July28.3
2022August25.2
2022September23.1
2022October20.8
2022November17.1
2022December14.2
2023January11

Increase in crude oil price smaller

Output prices are strongly affected by crude oil price developments. In January, the average price of a barrel of North Sea Brent oil stood at approximately 78 euros, i.e. over 3 percent more than in the same month last year. In December 2022, a barrel cost approximately 77 euros, nearly 17 percent more than one year previously.

Prices of petroleum derivatives were up by 18.0 percent year on year in January; they were up by 27.1 percent in December. In the chemical industry as well, output prices are generally linked to crude oil price developments. Output prices of chemical products were 4.9 percent higher than in January 2022. In December, they were up by 10.6 percent year on year.

In January, prices were up in all manufacturing industries.

Producer prices manufacturing by sector*, January 2023
Category% change (year-on-year % change)
Petroleum products18
Food products17.4
Rubber and plastic9.6
Machinery7.7
Cars7.4
Metal products7.2
Electronic products5.8
Chemical products4.9
*Altogether, the eight industries referred to account for almost 80 percent of the total Dutch manufacturing industry

Manufacturing output prices rose in January

Relative to December, manufacturing output prices rose by 1.4 percent in January. Prices increased by 1.0 percent on the export market and by 1.7 percent on the domestic market.

Index producer prices
YearMonth(2015=100) (2015=100)
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
2021July115.5
2021August116.5
2021September117.7
2021October121.4
2021November122.4
2021December122.6
2022January127.8
2022February130.7
2022March137.9
2022April143.6
2022May145.1
2022June147.8
2022July148.1
2022August145.9
2022September144.9
2022October146.6
2022November143.3
2022December140
2023January141.9