Georgia Producer Inflation at 16-Month High

Producer prices in Georgia rose 5.1% year-on-year in July 2026, easing from 5.9% in June and marking the slowest annual increase since September 2025. The moderation reflected slower price growth in mining and quarrying (14.4% vs 15.3% in June), while manufacturing inflation was unchanged at 5.2%. Within manufacturing, price growth slowed for chemicals and chemical products (15.4% vs 19.1%) and coke and refined petroleum products (6.0% vs 18.5%), while food products (6.6% vs 5.8%) and basic metals (11.0% vs. 10.6%) recorded faster increases. Moreover, prices for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply fell (-1.7% vs 4.4%), while inflation for water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services slowed (5.7% vs 6.7%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.7% in July, following a 0.8% decline in June.

Producer prices in Georgia rose 5.9% year-on-year in June 2026, slowing from a 16-month high of 7.1% in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since February 2026, reflecting slower price growth across most sectors. Inflation moderated in mining and quarrying (15.3% vs. 24.6%) and manufacturing (5.2% vs. 6.5% in May), particularly for coke and refined petroleum products (18.5% vs 52.5%), basic metals (10.6% vs 13.4%), chemicals and chemical products (19.1% vs 23.7%), and food products (5.8% vs 6.5%). On the other hand, price increases accelerated in electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (4.4% vs. 1.0%) and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (6.7% vs. 6.4%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.8% in June, after being unchanged in the previous month.

Producer prices in Georgia rose 7.1% year-on-year in May 2026, following a 6.7% increase in the previous month. The latest figure marked the largest growth since January 2025. Costs grew for manufacturing (6.5% vs 5.3% in April), lifted by increases in the manufacture of food products (6.5% vs 6.3%), paper and paper products (24.4% vs 10%), coke and refined petroleum products (52.5% vs 27.4%), and basic metals (13.4% vs 10.4%). Meanwhile, price growth moderated further for mining and quarrying (24.6% vs 27.6%), electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning (1% vs 3.7%), and water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation services (6.4% vs 6.8%). On a monthly basis, producer prices recorded a flat reading in May, following a 0.5% gain in the preceding period.