Bulgaria Producer Prices Hit Over 3-Year High

2026-06-30 08:39 By Erika Ordonez 1 min. read

Producer prices in Bulgaria rose 17.5% year-on-year in May 2026, accelerating sharply from a 15.2% increase in April and marking the fastest pace since December 2022.

The increase was driven primarily by electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, where inflation accelerated to 21.5% from 16.6%, reflecting intensifying energy-related price pressures.

Manufacturing inflation also picked up, rising to 8.9% from 7.5%, with stronger increases in basic metals (21.5% vs. 19.8%), chemicals and chemical products (14.8% vs. 12.7%), and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (11.0% vs. 7.4%).

Meanwhile, mining and quarrying prices remained elevated but eased to 61.9% from 64.3%, weighed by slower growth in mining of metal ores (110.3% vs. 115.2%) and other mining and quarrying (5.1% vs. 5.3%).

On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.2%, reversing a 1.9% increase in April.



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Bulgaria Producer Prices Hit Over 3-Year High
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