Romania Producer Inflation Hits Over 3-Year High

Romania’s annual producer inflation climbed 12.05% year-on-year in May 2026, following an upwardly revised 10.34% rise in the previous month, marking the highest reading since April 2023. Prices accelerated in the manufacturing sector (8.89% vs 8.29% in April), driven by faster inflation in beverages; tobacco; textiles; wearing apparel; chemicals and chemical products; basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; rubber and plastic products; other non-metallic mineral products; basic metals; motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; and furniture. Additionally, costs increased faster in mining and quarrying (7.79% vs 4.31%) and electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (21.33% vs 16.35%), while prices edged up in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities (13.74% vs 13.52%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.41% in May 2026, easing slightly from 1.70% in the previous month.

Romania’s annual producer inflation climbed 10.32% year-on-year in April 2026, following a downwardly revised 6.82% rise in the previous month, marking the highest reading since April 2023. Prices accelerated in the manufacturing sector (8.29% vs 5.87% in March), driven by faster inflation in beverages; coke and refined petroleum products; chemicals and chemical products; basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; rubber and plastic products; basic metals; fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment); computer, electronic and optical products; and machinery and equipment. Additionally, costs increased faster in mining and quarrying (4.31% vs 3.52%) and electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply (16.35% vs 9.89%). Meanwhile, price increases in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities moderated (13.52% vs 13.75%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose by 1.70% in April 2026 from 1.26% in the previous month.

Romania’s annual producer inflation climbed 6.96% year-on-year in March 2026, following an eight-month low of 2.99% in the previous month. Prices accelerated in the manufacturing sector (5.87% vs 3.77% in February), driven by faster inflation in food products, beverages, wood and wood products, coke and petroleum products, chemicals and chemical products, basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, basic metals, fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment), and machinery and equipment. At the same time, electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply rose much faster (9.89% vs 1.16%), while costs for mining and quarrying rebounded (3.52% vs 1.80%). Meanwhile, price increases in water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities moderated (13.75% vs 14.28%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose by 1.26% in March 2026, reversing a 1.09% fall in the previous period.