Wholesale prices in Austria rose by 5.4% year-on-year in March 2026, accelerating from 1.1% in the previous month. This marked the sharpest increase in wholesale prices since February 2023, driven primarily by higher energy costs, with other liquid and gaseous fuels and related products up 35.6% and motor spirits rising 27.2%. Other gains were seen in watches and jewellery (+15.7%), coffee, tea, cocoa and spices (+12.6%), information and communication equipment (+11.3%), and waste and scrap (+10.1%), alongside non-iron metals (+9.7%), machinery (+8.3%), flat glass (+8.0%), flowers and plants (+7.6%), and wood products (+6.9%). On the downside, prices fell for grain, seeds and animal feed (-14.9%), plastics and rubber in primary forms (-3.5%), hides and leather (-3.4%), stationery (-2.7%), and radio, television, and recording and reproduction equipment (-1.6%). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices jumped 3.9% in March, up from 0.7% in each of the previous two months. source: Statistics Austria
Wholesale Prices YoY in Austria increased to 5.40 percent in March from 1.10 percent in February of 2026. Wholesale Prices YoY in Austria averaged 2.07 percent from 1997 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 26.50 percent in June of 2022 and a record low of -11.50 percent in July of 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for Austria Wholesale Prices YoY. Austria Wholesale Prices YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2026.
Wholesale Prices YoY in Austria increased to 5.40 percent in March from 1.10 percent in February of 2026. Wholesale Prices YoY in Austria is expected to be 1.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Austria Wholesale Prices YoY is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2027 and 2.10 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.