Press Release: Industrial Price Index. 2021 Baseline. April 2025. Provisional data.

Main results

The annual variation of the Industrial Price Index decreased 2.7 points in April, to 1.9%.
The monthly rate of industrial prices was -2.9%.

More information

Annex of tables (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Detailed monthly results
Annual averages

The annual rate of the general Industrial Price Index (IPRI) was 1.9% in April, 2.7 points lower than that of March.

By the economic use of the goods, among the industrial sectors that had a notably negative effect on the annual rate of the General IPRI were:

Energy, with an annual variation of 5.7%, 10.1 points below that of March. This behaviour comes after the fall in the prices of Electric power generation, transmission and distribution, higher than April 2024, and, to a lesser extent, than prices in Manufacture of refined petroleum products, as opposed to the rise in the same month that year.
Intermediate goods, whose rate fell five tenths to 0.1% due to lower prices in the Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals and the Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, which rose in previous April.

On the other hand, amongst the sectors with a positive influence, worth noting are:

Non-durable consumer goods, with a annual variation rate of -1.3%, five tenths above that of the previous month. This evolution was largely due to the fact that the decrease in prices of the Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats was lower than that of April 2024.

The annual variation rate of the general index excluding Energy remained stable at -0.1% and was 2.0 points lower than that of the general IPRI.

Annual evolution of the IPRI

General index and general index without Energy. Percentage

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Monthly evolution of industrial prices

In April, the monthly variation rate of the overall IPRI was -2.9%.

A more detailed analysis shows the activities that most affected the monthly rate of the IPRI in April.

Activities with the greatest positive contribution to the monthly rate of the IPRI. April 2025

Activities with the greatest negative impact on the monthly rate of the IPRI. April 2025

Results by Autonomous Communities. Annual variation rates

The IPRI recorded positive annual variations in April in 13 regions and negative ones in the remaining four.

The highest rates were in Canarias (22.7%), Principado de Asturias (20.0%) and Illes Balears (19.6%).

In contrast, Andalucía (-7.6%), Región de Murcia (-4.5%) and Castilla-La Mancha (-0.9%), registered the lowest annual rates.

Annual variation rates of the IPRI by Autonomous Community. April 2025

Percentage

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Data revisions and updates

The INE has today updated the IPRI data for the last three months, making the January 2024 data final. All the results of this operation are available at INEBase.

In accordance with the Commission's Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137, the INE has begun to work on incorporating the new National Classification of Economic Activities CNAE-2025 in all its statistical operations.

In the case of the IPRI, the first publication of results with CNAE-2025 will take place in February 2028.

Methodological note

The Industrial Price Index (IPRI) is a short-term indicator that measures the monthly evolution of the prices of industrial products manufactured and sold in the domestic market, in the first step of their commercialization, that is, the sales prices at the exit of factory, excluding transportation and marketing costs and VAT invoiced.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Base year:: 2021.
Reference period of the weightings:: the year preceding the current year.
Population scope:: industrial establishments.
Sample size:: 9,200 industrial establishments and 1,400 items
Number of observations:: approximately 29,000 monthly prices.
General calculation method:: Laspeyres’ Chain Index.
Collection method:: internet (IRIA system), e-mail, fax, telephone or postal mail.

For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

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