German import prices post biggest decline in almost 40 years
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FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at a terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - German import prices recorded in August the largest year-on-year decline since November 1986, the statistics office said on Friday.
Import prices decreased by 16.4% year on year in August, in line with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll.
The large decline is primarily due to a base effect originating from the large price increases in 2022 as a result of the war in Ukraine, the statistics office said.
Since the German economy sources many intermediate products and raw materials from abroad, falling import prices have a delayed impact on general inflation.
(Reporting by Maria Martinez and Amir Orusov, Editing by Rachel More and Miranda Murray)
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