Industrial producer prices in Portugal climb 9.2 per cent on energy costs
25 October 2026
Statistics Portugal (INE) reports that the Industrial Production Price Index recorded a year-on-year increase of 9.2 per cent in September 2026.
That is an acceleration of 2.1 percentage points on the previous month.
The Energy and Intermediate Goods groupings contributed a combined 8.3 percentage points, with year-on-year increases of 33.6 per cent and 8.2 per cent.
In the third quarter of 2026 industrial producer prices increased by 7.3 per cent, against 4.7 per cent in the previous quarter.
On a monthly basis the index rose 1.5 per cent.
In plain words
IPPI Industrial Production Price Index — An index of the prices factories receive for their own output, before retail margins.
Intermediate goods — Goods that are used up in making other goods, such as steel or chemicals.