Producer prices in Cyprus’ industrial sector rose 4.2% in August from a year earlier.
The industrial producer price index reached 127.9 points (2021=100), up 0.2% from July. For January through August, the index rose 1.6% compared with the same period in 2025.
Prices were unchanged from July in mining and quarrying. They rose 1.1% in water supply and materials recovery, 0.3% in electricity supply and 0.1% in manufacturing.
Compared with August 2025, prices rose in all sectors: 11.6% in electricity supply, 8.5% in water supply and materials recovery, 2.2% in manufacturing and 0.8% in mining and quarrying.
Within manufacturing, the biggest year-over-year increases were in:
- Electronic and optical products and electrical equipment, 11.4%.
- Basic metals and metal products, 5.4%.
- Furniture, other manufacturing and equipment repair and installation, 4.9%.
- Wood and wood and cork products, excluding furniture, 4.3%.
- Machinery, motor vehicles and other transport equipment, 3.0%.
Prices for goods sold on the domestic market rose 4.2% from a year earlier, while export prices rose 3.6%.
Electricity and water figures for July and August are preliminary.