Georgia Producer Inflation at 16-Month High

2026-06-19 07:12 By Mariene Camarillo 1 min. read

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.



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