Georgia Producer Inflation Hits 1-Year High

Producer prices in Georgia rose 5.7% year-on-year in February 2026, slowing from a one-year high of 6.5% in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since October 2025, highlighting a moderation in price growth across all sectors. Manufacturing prices eased to 4.1% from 4.7% in January, led by a slowdown in the manufacturing of food products (10.3% vs 11.8%). Overall producer inflation were also influenced by softer prices in mining and quarrying, which eased to 34.2% from 36.4% in the previous month, led by metal ores (47.6% vs 51.4%). Other major sectors showed similar moderation, namely electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (1% vs 3%) and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (5.1% vs 5.6%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.4% in February, reversing a 1.4% gain recorded in January.

Producer prices in Georgia rose 6.5% year-on-year in January 2026, following a 6.1% gain in December, marking the fastest pace of growth since January 2025. Costs surged in mining and quarrying (36.4% vs 22.4% in December), particularly in metal ores (51.4% vs 30.8%). Inflation also accelerated in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (5.6% vs 1.5%), especially in waste collection, treatment and disposal, and materials recovery services (15.1% vs 4.1%). Meanwhile, prices in manufacturing edged down (4.7% vs 4.8%), and increases moderated in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning (3% vs 7.6%). On a monthly basis, producer prices grew 1.4% in January from 0.3% in December.

Producer prices in Georgia rose by 6.1% year-on-year in December 2025, the same pace as in the previous month. Still, this marked the fastest growth in producer prices since February, driven by ongoing inflation in all sectors, led by manufacturing (at 4.8%). Within the group, there were notable increases in food products and basic metals. Additionally, costs continued to rise for mining and quarrying (22.4% vs 24.2% in November), with higher prices seen for the sub-group of metal ores. Producer inflation also increased for electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (7.6% vs 6.2%) and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (1.5% vs 1.7%). On a monthly basis, producer prices went up by 0.3% in December, following a 0.9% gain in the preceding period.