Romanian industrial production prices rise in July 2025

Business Forum

2 September, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Industrial production prices (covering both domestic and external markets) increased by 2.7% in July 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, and by 5% versus the June 2025, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

On the domestic market, the industrial production price index saw a 6.68% rise in July 2025 compared to June and a 2.51% increase from July 2024.

For the external market, industrial production prices in July were 0.74% higher than the previous month and 3.18% higher when compared to July 2024.

Year-on-year increases in industrial production prices were recorded across several major industrial groups in July 2025 compared to July 2024.

These included: capital goods (+2.88%), non-durable goods (+6.23%), durable goods (+3.22%), intermediate goods (+3.52%), and the energy industry (+0.33%).

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