Estonia Producer Prices Rise to 8-Month High

2026-10-20 05:29 By Erika Ordonez 1 min. read

Estonian producer prices rose by 4.2% year-on-year in September 2026, picking up from 3.3% in the previous month.

This marked the highest reading since January, as price growth accelerated in mining and quarrying (5.8% vs 3.4% in August) and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (3.8% vs 3.4%).

Producer price growth in manufacturing remained unchanged at 4.8%, with increases in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (60.9% vs 38.3%), chemicals and chemical products (5.4% vs 4.2%), basic pharmaceutical products and preparations (3.7% vs 2.8%), other non-metallic mineral products (6.2% vs 5.2%), computer, electronic and optical products (3.0% vs 2.4%), motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (3.5% vs 2.6%), and furniture (1.4% vs 0.9%).

Additionally, deflation in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply eased sharply (-3.5% vs -13.8%).

On a monthly basis, producer prices rose by 1.4% in September, unchanged from August.



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Estonia Producer Prices Rise to 8-Month High
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